Senin, 11 April 2016

Antonym, Synonym and Hyponym

 Synonym
A synonym is a word that means exactly the same as, or very nearly the same as, another word in the same language. For example, "close" is a synonym of "shut".
  Organization, institution, management
  Partner, associate, colleague, companion
  Polite, courteous, cordial, gracious
  Risky, dangerous, perilous, treacherous
  Sleepy, drowsy, listless, sluggish
  Vacant, empty, deserted, uninhabited

Antonym

An antonym is a word that means the opposite of another word. For example "bad" is an antonym of "good". Here are some more examples:
Antonym Examples
  • Achieve – Fail
  • Idle – Active
  • Afraid – Confident
  • Ancient – Modern
  • Arrive – Depart
  • Arrogant – Humble
  • Ascend – Descend
  • Attack – Defend
  • Blunt – Sharp
  • Brave – Cowardly
  • Cautious – Careless
  • Complex – Simple

Hyponym
 

Hyponymy shows the relationship between the more general terms (hypernyms) and the more specific instances of it (hyponyms). A hyponym is a word or phrase whose semantic field is more specific than its hypernym. The semantic field of a hypernym, also known as a superordinate, is broader than that of a hyponym
"Hyponymy is a less familiar term to most people than either synonymy or antonymy, but it refers to a much more important sense relation. It describes what happens when we say 'An X is a kind of Y'--A daffodil is a kind of flower, or simply, A daffodil is a flower."
(David Crystal, The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language, 2nd ed. Cambridge University Press, 2003)



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