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contranymy

US/kənˈtɹɑn.ə.mi/

contranymy is the alternative form of contronymy.

Meaning of contronymy

Noun

contronymy (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being a contronym or including contronyms.
    • Near-synonym: enantiosemy

Origin of contranymy

From contranym + -y; also, by surface analysis, contra- + -nymy.

Words that rhyme with contranymy

19 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about contranymy

What is contranymy the alternative form of?
Contranymy is the alternative form of contronymy.
How do you pronounce contranymy?
Contranymy is pronounced /kənˈtɹɑn.ə.mi/ (US).

Words near contranymy in the dictionary

  1. contrantiscia
  2. contrantiscion
  3. contranym
  4. contranymic
  5. contranyms
  6. contranymy
  7. contraoctave
  8. contraoctaves
  9. contraoriented
  10. contrapair
  11. contrapairs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: contranymy (page history and authors); contronymy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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