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DIRECT ANTONYM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does direct antonym mean?
• DIRECT ANTONYM (noun)
The noun DIRECT ANTONYM has 1 sense:
1. antonyms that are commonly associated (e.g., 'wet' and 'dry')
Familiarity information: DIRECT ANTONYM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Antonyms that are commonly associated (e.g., 'wet' and 'dry')
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("direct antonym" is a kind of...):
antonym; opposite; opposite word (a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other)
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