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Synonymy
Synonyms:
- Big
- Small
- Cute
- Woman
- Autum
- Elevator
- man
Synonymy
“Sameness of meaning”
Sets of words that have the same meaning, synonymous
synonyms.
There are no real synonyms, no two words have exactly the same
meaning.
- water
Antonyms
Antonyms are words of the same language
belonging to the same part of speech which are
opposite in meaning. However, there are
different ways in which one word is opposed to
another word; it is possible to identify different
types of relationships under the general label
of opposition.
Root antonyms
1. Root (absolute) antonyms.