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contronyms

contronyms is the plural of contronym.

Meaning of contronym

Noun

contronym (plural contronyms)

  1. A word that has two opposing meanings, such as cleave (“stick together” or “split apart”).
    • Near-synonym: enantioseme

Questions about contronyms

What is contronyms the plural of?
Contronyms is the plural of contronym.

Words near contronyms in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: contronyms (page history and authors); contronym (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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