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Synonyme vs Antonym - What's the difference?

synonyme | antonym |

As nouns the difference between synonyme and antonym

is that synonyme is obsolete form of synonym while antonym is a word which has the opposite meaning of another, although not necessarily in all its senses.

synonyme

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (Webster 1913) ----

    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 *