antonymic

Definition of antonymicnext

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for antonymic
Adjective
  • Altadena locals have been extremely concerned about investors and corporations buying up homes in their relatively affordable and diverse community, especially in historically Black neighborhoods where many homes have been passed down for multiple generations.
    Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Matchmaking may be old-school, but these days its clientele is skewing younger and more diverse.
    Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 9 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • But his music was quite different from the pieces that Paolo introduced me to over the next year, all of which were written in the mid-eighteenth century.
    Tim Parks, New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2026
  • But this year is a different story.
    Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 10 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Symbiosis refers to a close association between two dissimilar organisms that may benefit or harm one or both organisms.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Mar. 2026
  • In many ways, Weir tells Big Think in an email interview, the challenge of writing hard sci-fi isn’t too dissimilar from teaching a high school science class.
    Tim Brinkhof, Big Think, 24 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • The first three months of the year saw disparate trends in violence within the Chicago Police Department’s five patrol areas, records show, with a mixed bag of increases and further drops.
    Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
  • These slightly disparate sections speak to Cattlemen’s extensive, and sometimes wild, background.
    Katie Akin, Southern Living, 7 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Or the move could have been to help the calf stay afloat—unlike adults, young sperm whales tend to sink and need to swim harder to reach the surface to breathe.
    Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Extreme cold is especially dangerous for donkeys because unlike horses, donkeys don’t have the natural oils in their coats that repel moisture, Vargas said.
    Elissa Jorgensen, Dallas Morning News, 26 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • Lubeck’s distinctive style—marked by one-of-a-kind antique stones and intricate hand-engraving work—caught Swift’s eye.
    Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Back in the 1930s, the founders of the club worked with Louis Alphonse Berckmans, son of the nursery’s late owner, to adorn each of the 18 holes with a distinctive species and since then some 80,000 plants and 350 different varieties have been added.
    Don Riddell, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Gemini May 21 – June 20 Current plans should be in line with your values — or, at minimum, not antithetical to them.
    Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 5 Apr. 2026
  • May 21 – June 20 Current plans should be in line with your values — or, at minimum, not antithetical to them.
    Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Second, the two sides must be readily distinguishable from each other, usually by applying color or markings to one side, although in rare cases they can be distinguished by shape, with one side being convex and the other being concave.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 3 Apr. 2026
  • For Fall 2026, creative director Anthony Vaccarello showcased a series of single- and double-breasted black suits, distinguishable from one another by the slightest shade.
    Kevin Huynh, InStyle, 12 Mar. 2026
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“Antonymic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antonymic. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.

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