-onym, -onymy, -onymic, -onymically, -onymous, -onymously, -nym +

(Greek: name; word)


anonymousness
1. Reference to an author whose name is not known or is not given.
2. A situation whereby a term (no name) is used by someone to hide his or her identity.
anonymous stranger
An "unnamed stranger" is someone who is a stranger and whose name is obviously unknown.

Could this be a pleonasm or a redundancy?

anonymuncule
A petty anonymous writer.
antagonym
A word that has meanings which contradict each other; such as using, "bad" for "good".
anthroponym
A personal name of a human being.
anthroponymic
A reference to a person's personal name.
anthroponymy
Personal names of people as a subject of study or the study of personal names.
antonym
1. A word (name) that means the opposite of another word (name).
2. Two words that express opposing concepts.

The word "wet" is an antonym of the word "dry" and "cold" is an antonym of "hot".

English also uses prefixes to indicate antonyms; such as, cacophony (bad, loud, harsh sounds) and euphony (good, harmonious, pleasant sounds). This process also functions in other languages.

antonymic
A reference to an antonym, or antonyms; a word, or words, which express opposite meanings or concepts.
antonymous
A reference to a word, or words, having opposite meanings to another word, or words.
Antonym-Synonym Quiz #1

Two short multiple-choice answer quizzes dealing with the words dissension and consensus.

Antonym-Synonym Quiz #2

Two short multiple-choice answer quizzes dealing with the words sensation and dissent.

Antonym-Synonym Quiz #3

Two short multiple-choice answer quizzes dealing with the words vitality and homicide.

Antonym-Synonym Quiz #4

Two short multiple-choice answer quizzes dealing with the words survive and post-mortem.

antonymy
1. The semantic relation that holds between two words that can (in a given context) express opposite meanings.
2. The relationship between lexical items that are binary opposites in meaning (example: alive and dead), gradable opposites in meaning (example: young and old), or converse opposites (example: buy and sell).

Related "name" units: nom-; onomato-.


Related "word, words" units: etym-; legi-; lexico-; locu-; logo-; onomato-; verbo-.


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