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near-antonyms

near-antonyms is the plural of near-antonym.

Meaning of near-antonym

Noun

near-antonym (plural near-antonyms)

  1. A word that is nearly an antonym, when an antonym is defined strictly by complete negation or polar oppositeness. (Many reference works use a looser definition of antonym that lumps these words into the single category of antonyms; some make the more rigorous distinction.)
    • […] Near-antonyms may be treated in a similar fashion.1972, Frederick Wilfrid Lancaster, Vocabulary Control for Information Retrieval, Information Resources Press, →ISBN, page 80

Questions about near-antonyms

What is near-antonyms the plural of?
Near-antonyms is the plural of near-antonym.

Words near near-antonyms in the dictionary

  1. near touch
  2. near touches
  3. near vision
  4. near-abroad
  5. near-antonym
  6. near-antonyms
  7. near-by
  8. near-death experience
  9. near-death experiences
  10. near-earth
  11. near-Earth comet

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