Which term describes a word that has the opposite meaning of another word?

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Which term describes a word that has the opposite meaning of another word?

Opposite meanings are described by antonyms. An antonym is a word that expresses the opposite of another word. For example, hot and cold are antonyms; happy and sad are antonyms. The other terms describe different relationships: a synonym is a word with the same or very similar meaning; a homonym is a word that sounds the same or is spelled the same but has a different meaning; a palindrome is a word or phrase that reads the same backward as forward. So the term that fits a word with the opposite meaning of another is antonym.

Opposite meanings are described by antonyms. An antonym is a word that expresses the opposite of another word. For example, hot and cold are antonyms; happy and sad are antonyms. The other terms describe different relationships: a synonym is a word with the same or very similar meaning; a homonym is a word that sounds the same or is spelled the same but has a different meaning; a palindrome is a word or phrase that reads the same backward as forward. So the term that fits a word with the opposite meaning of another is antonym.

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