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An antonym is one of a pair of words with opposite meanings. Each word in the pair is the antithesis of the other. A word may have more than one antonym. There are three categories of antonyms identified by the nature of the relationship between the opposed meanings.
a number of things (or, informal, people) taken collectively fate, fortune a prize in a lottery (the lot) the whole thing a measured plot of land; a portion of land set for a particular purpose ("a building lot"), e.g. for parking ("parking lot") or selling ("used car lot") automotive vehicles. But also a "vacant lot" a film studio lounge
“We want to keep them around—and this is a powerful way to say, ‘I really do love you, and you’re special to me.’” “If I were given the choice of choosing my family, I would still ...
having a working telephone (now rare, since most people do) talking on the telephone teller one that tells (as stories) a person who counts the votes in an election a bank clerk or cashier who receives and pays out money *; hence automated teller machine: terrace row of identical or mirror-image houses sharing side walls *(US: row house, townhouse)
The bag—which costs $295 for the smaller size and just under $500 for the large—has been all over social media for months. And while its reasonable price tag did help it sell out initially, it ...
Oxymorons in the narrow sense are a rhetorical device used deliberately by the speaker and intended to be understood as such by the listener. In a more extended sense, the term "oxymoron" has also been applied to inadvertent or incidental contradictions, as in the case of "dead metaphors" ("barely clothed" or "terribly good").
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Glossophilia: love of languages (synonym for philology) Logophilia: love of words — logophiles may be interested in word games, such as crosswords, or Scrabble, and in the extreme, derive enjoyment from reading things commonly given less notice, such as labels; Metrophilia: love of the metro rail or subway systems