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An antonym is a word that has the opposite meaning of itself.

The first known use of the word antonym was in 1857. Properly defined it means a word of opposite meaning.

hot	cold
left	right
up	down
near	far
small	big
young	old
day	night
male	female
wet	dry

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Synonym - similar
Contronym - two meanings

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