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Synonyms, Antonyms, and “Neutralnyms”
Two words A and B are synonyms if they mean the same thing, and antonyms if they mean opposite things. But is there a word to describe the relationship where A means "neither B nor its opposite"?
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Word pairs that are both synonyms and antonyms [closed]
The words "catholic" and "parochial" are synonyms or near-synonyms meaning "pertaining to the Catholic Church" (e.g., a parochial school is a Catholic school) but they're antonyms in a different ...
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Reason vs. purpose
Just now I wanted to explain why I was doing something, then I wrote "the purpose of doing something is blablabla". Immediately I wondered why I didn't write "the reason of doing something is ...
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What is the synonym/antonym for “feminist”/“feminism”?
I am looking for a word or phrase that are to men's rights as the words feminist/feminism are to women rights.
And will the word or phrase be called a synonym or antonym?
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Common synonym of tortuosity or antonym of straightness
What is a common synonym of tortuosity or antonym of straightness, as in the following:
Country roads typically have greater ____ than motorways.
Tortuosity or tortuousness is technically ...
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What is a word with two synonyms that are antonyms (other than cleave) [duplicate]
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Can anyone provide me with a list of English words that are their own antonyms?
My wife read on a trivia website that there is only one word in the English language ...
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Is there a name for synonyms that appear to have opposite meanings?
The words flammable and inflammable mean the same thing, but (to someone unfamiliar with their meaning) appear to be opposites (because of the "in" prefix). Is there a name for such word pairs that ...
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“Spontaneous”, “voluntary” and “involuntary”
I was looking for a synonym of spontaneous, and voluntary naturally came to my mind. In an attempt to understand the difference between them, I tried to google spontaneous vs voluntary. To my ...
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A single word antonym of “absorb”
In textbooks, they say "absorb" heat and "give off" heat.
Is there a single word which can perfectly take the place of "give off"?
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“Doubt” vs. “suspect” [closed]
I have never used doubt or suspect properly before. Now I understand that they seem to bear quite the opposite meanings in a sentence.
For example,
Everybody believes him, but I suspect he is ...
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Synonyms and antonyms for “lacking” or “missing” when something is mandatory
I am searching for the correct term usage in my Java code, although you don't need to know anything about programming to answer my question.
My "something" can be "required" (mandatory) or not ...
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“Droll” is to “amusing” as “sardonic” is to what?
Could someone solve this analogy?
droll : amusing :: sardonic : ________
P.S. the answer does not have to be a specific length.
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What is the “explicit”'s equivalent of “imply”?
Note: The original title of this question was "Why is 'exply' not a word?
While considering the words implicit, implicate, and imply, it struck me that I can't think of an equivalent to imply for ...
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Why are not “infamous” and “inflammable” the opposite of “famous” and “flammable”?
Why are not infamous and inflammable the opposite of famous and flammable, like incomplete, inactivity, inappropriate and so on?
