Autantonym
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Autantonym is a noun meaning Alternative form of autoantonym.
Meaning
Alternative form of autoantonym.
Example Sentences
autantonym — word having two opposite meanings (as a fast horse, and a fast color). Cf. contronym, heteronym, and homonym.
1986, Harry Edwin Eiss, Dictionary of Language Games, Puzzles, and Amusements, Greenwood Press, p. 39. autantonym — word having two opposite meanings (as a fast horse, and a fast color). Cf. contronym, heteronym, and homonym.
Word Forms
- autantonyms
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include auto-antonym, contronym, anti-authoritarian, contranymy, anticentrist, analphabete.
Related Dictionary Tools
Sources & Attribution
FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.