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Antonym vs Counterterm - What's the difference?

antonym | counterterm |

As nouns the difference between antonym and counterterm

is that antonym is antonym (word which has the opposite meaning as another word) while counterterm is antithesis.

antonym

English

(wikipedia antonym)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (semantics) A word which has the opposite meaning of another, although not necessarily in all its senses.
    • "rich" is an antonym''' of "poor"; "full" is an '''antonym of "empty" .

    Antonyms

    * synonym

    Derived terms

    * autoantonym * antonymic * antonymous * antonymy * binary antonym * complementary antonym * gradable antonym * polar antonym * relational antonym

    See also

    * thesaurus *

    External links

    * (wikipedia) ----

    counterterm

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • antithesis
  • antonym