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a word having the opposite meaning as another word
- She needed an antonym for "hot," and decided to settle on "chilly."
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“Antonym.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antonym. Accessed 10 May. 2021.
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The first known use of antonym was in 1857
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