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contronymic

contronymic adjective: pertaining to or being a contronym.

Adjective

contronymic (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to or being a contronym.
    Synonyms:
    contronymous

Synonyms of contronymic

Forms of contronymic

alternative formcontranymic

Origin of contronymic

From contronym + -ic.

Questions about contronymic

What does contronymic mean?
Contronymic means pertaining to or being a contronym.
What part of speech is contronymic?
Contronymic is an adjective.

Words near contronymic in the dictionary

  1. controlment
  2. controlments
  3. Contrology
  4. controls
  5. contronym
  6. contronymic
  7. contronymous
  8. contronyms
  9. contronymy
  10. controuersie
  11. controul

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