| 单词 | antonym |
| 例句 | Inside the topsy-turvy world of contronyms Topics: , , Language, contronyms, antonyms, , This article originally appeared on . Inside the topsy-turvy world of contronyms 2013-04-07T20:00:00Z I'm not sure "graceful" has a strong enough antonym to describe my first lurches toward a world flipped upside down. Hitting my stack: How yoga helped me understand my trans identity 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z Perhaps Mr. Martin was using “soft” as an antonym for “real,” as in the real world that private-school students might not encounter enough. Motherlode Blog: Jonathan Martin and the Soft, White, Private School Question 2014-02-20T19:11:03Z The problems trailing attempts to preserve semantic consistency are clearest for concepts related to the antonyms good and bad. Science doesn’t know everything 2013-06-02T18:00:00Z Why do some people consider civility an antonym — anathema, even — to political action and dissent? Can protest be civil? It can and it must. 2017-01-01T05:00:00Z They then drew contrasting images of the word that showed opposite emotions, and studied synonyms and antonyms to understand the “shades of meaning.” Why every parent should read to their kids 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z The word of the night was “empathy,” which liberals would be quick to read as an antonym of “Trump” and conservatives as code for Trump-bashing. After all the crazy Oscar drama live onstage, one idea endures: the power of empathy 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z Also, Lynell George’s “City of Specters,” which began with Truman Capote’s report that most L.A. students, asked to specify the antonym of “youth,” answered “death.” Feedback: Readers weigh in on 'The Ultimate L.A. Bookshelf' 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z The antonym of “equity,” in progressives’ definition of this as a standard of justice, is “merit”: The opposite of an equitable society is a meritocracy. Opinion | In some Virginia schools, ‘equity’ seems to mean hiding achievement 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z “Substance” and “process” are often cast as antonyms, perhaps particularly in legal discourse. Perspective | After the Supreme Court’s Abortion Ruling, What Could Happen to Other Unwritten Rights? Since the advent of talkies, “Hollywood” has been, in some serious circles, the pejorative antonym of “serious” music. Commentary: The L.A. Phil looks at the unexpected places film music is going 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z Necessarily, then, the antonym of “equity” as a social standard of justice is “merit,” in this sense: The opposite of an equitable society is a meritocracy. Opinion | Attacking ‘merit’ in the name of ‘equity’ is a prescription for mediocrity 2021-06-25T04:00:00Z After being raised in Anchorage, Alaska — the exact antonym of a football mecca — Ulofoshio moved with his family to Las Vegas in 2016. Linebacker Edefuan Ulofoshio determined to bring the UW Huskies back to the summit 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z "Vocabularies, dictionaries of synonyms and antonyms, encyclopaedias are educational tools of reference and Treccani.it, as such, is consulted in schools, libraries and in all of our homes." Italian dictionary Trecanni urged to change 'sexist' definition of 'woman' 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z I’m not sure there’s a precise antonym for “nice.” Perspective | Nice, nice baby: After 2020, ‘nice’ is the four-letter word we desperately need 2020-12-20T05:00:00Z Over the past 50 years, the natural environment has been treated as an antonym of the human economy. 'Everybody has something to lose': the exciting, depressing life of a climate writer 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z Out of a wide range of antonyms available for notoriety — e.g., repute, distinction, celebrity, renown, eminence, to list a handful — any one of which would fit the context nicely. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: India’s socialist past, R.I.P. Bryce and a bad malaprop 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z “Nature” became the antonym of “society” in the minds of philosophers, in the policies of European empires, and the calculations of global financial centres. How the chicken nugget became the true symbol of our era 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z It wasn’t long before I noticed, even in my own idiolect, that “awesome” and “sucks” were related as antonyms. How to Be Awesome 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z Among the antonyms for “nice” in Roget’s Thesaurus are “ugly,” “horrible,” “nasty” and “repulsive.” Perspective | Nice, nice baby: After 2020, ‘nice’ is the four-letter word we desperately need 2020-12-20T05:00:00Z They are a display of greed and selflessness, arrogance and confidence, of compulsiveness and determination, and of nearly every other human trait and it's antonym. Michael Phelps Made Me Cry (Good Tears) 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z It was a book of antonyms: the future, not the past; love, not hate. A Tale of Two Conventions 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z But increasingly, the antonym of “gravitas” is “Trump.” Did Putin Try to Steal an American Election? 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z At other stations, boys learn to tell time, work antonym crossword puzzles, compute monetary values. Aliquippa tutorial, mentoring program turning boys to men 2016-05-07T04:00:00Z We strive to think of an antonym to cynical: Is Pfizer guilty of a wholesome move to boost its share price? Unhappy Holidays for Pfizer’s CEO 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z The words are equivalent to the English antonyms big, small. Some Rules of Language are Wired in the Brain 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z And still the signs fluttered and scattered, the book of antonyms ripped up by Sanders delegates, who tore at its pages and yanked at its binding, its brittle glue. A Tale of Two Conventions 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z "The use of the word implicitly divides people into two groups - with abnormal, the currently used antonym, carrying negative connotations," Walkden says. Is it wrong to imply disabled people are not "normal"? - BBC News 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z Look up Patrick Reed in the dictionary, and bashful or shy might be listed as antonyms. Patrick Reed reveals one of the worst hat tans we've ever seen: The Loop 2013-10-16T04:00:00Z Previous revisions ditched analogies and antonyms — portions of the old verbal test seen as tricky and unrelated to what schools teach. College Board releases preview of new SAT exam questions 2014-04-16T04:01:00Z In fact, if we repeat the exercise with antonyms for shapes, sound intensities or even brightness in other foreign languages, we will still agree more than half the time. Some Rules of Language are Wired in the Brain 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z Originally the Scholastic Aptitude Test, the SAT shed that name years ago along with the devilish antonym and analogy questions that were a staple of what was once called the “verbal” section. SAT to drop essay requirement and return to top score of 1600 in redesign of admission test 2014-03-05T19:15:00Z The entry also uses the word in an example and offers a list of synonyms and antonyms. App Smart: Dictionary Apps for Smartphones and Tablets 2013-04-24T21:07:50Z Among the antonyms for “controversy” are peace and quiet. 49ers Take Odd Spin on Quarterback Controversy 2012-11-24T17:58:44Z It’s also a very costly antonym for “Smart Defence.” Chicago braces for last day of large NATO protests 2012-05-21T17:27:00Z "Super Bowl schlock, meet heartland values," The New York Times wrote of that effort, casting Indy as "a useful antonym for glitz, glamour and bombast." Indy's homespun charm wins over East Coast fans 2012-02-03T21:56:26Z One who stands at both ends of a perspective; simultaneity of sight; to be one's self plus; to be synonym and antonym to everything. The Roycroft Dictionary Concocted by Ali Baba and the Bunch on Rainy Days. 2011-07-02T02:00:10.980Z But, oddly enough, the eyes were a total and surprising antonym of this smiling mouth. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z SAT Vocab Challenge focuses on definitions, synonyms and antonyms, but also includes timed quizzes to help prepare you for test day. The Choice: Bypass the Bookstore: 'Fiske Guide' Goes iPad 2011-02-11T15:38:59Z Touchscreen and Windows are all but antonyms of each other. Radio Is To PCs As 2010-08-12T16:00:00Z Ordinarily such topics as derivation of words, root prefixes, suffixes, homonyms, antonyms, synonyms, and hyphens are taught, either as a part of composition or as a part of dictionary exercises. Lippincott's Horn-Ashbaugh Speller For Grades One to Eight It seems to be untranslatable into German––just as we can’t seem to understand Germanity except that it is the antonym of humanity. The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards “I was in search of an antonym and now they’ve driven it out of my memory.” Our Next-Door Neighbors If a labor of love doubles the power of the soul, a labor of hate, to use an antonym term, warps it, poisons it, destroys it. The Book of Khalid The antonyms of hypocrite are to be found only in phrases embodying the adjectives candid, honest, ingenuous, sincere, true, etc. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions But what about the opposite of property—property's antonym, property's outside? The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind Illustrated by Schoenherr When a man has a great deal of knowledge, it becomes extremely easy for him to confuse "knowledge" with "wisdom" ... and forget that the antonym of "wisdom" is not "ignorance" but "folly." Adaptation Discrimination in the use of words is secured by The study of synonyms antonyms homonyms and care in employing them. Public Speaking Books of synonyms and antonyms—used cautiously, for there are few perfect synonyms in any language—will be found of great help. The Art of Public Speaking Thus voluntary and involuntary, which are antonyms of each other, are both partial synonyms of spontaneous. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions It is a word of which the antonym is drifting. Painted Windows Studies in Religious Personality The term and its antonym were maintained by Linnaeus with the same sense, but with restricted application, in the names of the orders of his class Didynamia. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 Logically the other side of white is not white, while the antonym is the extreme black. Public Speaking In many instances, however, a list of antonyms is unnecessary. Putnam's Word Book Anarchism is properly an antonym of socialism, as it would destroy, by violence if necessary, all existing government and social order, leaving the future to determine what, if anything, should be raised upon their ruins. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions SEE The Roget dictionary of synonyms and antonyms. U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1958 July - December And so this brave No. 11, with amplifications, antonyms, diaphoreses, epitases, tropes, metaphors, and other figures of that sort, I will beat out, I will enlarge, I will develop—as they develop a photographic negative. The Adventures of a Special Correspondent She gave the antonyms of twenty words in average time of 1.4'', which is a good record. Pathology of Lying, accusation, and swindling: a study in forensic psychology It is not an infrequent occurrence for a word to be required that is neither a synonym nor an antonym of a familiar term but merely associated with it in meaning and usage. Putnam's Word Book Subjective and objective are synonyms in but one point of view, being, for the most part, strictly antonyms. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions Any reaction word which is a synonym or an antonym of the corresponding stimulus word is to be classed as normal. A Study of Association in Insanity Then compare your list with the list under the antonym in Exercise A; if possible, improve your list by means of this comparison. The Century Vocabulary Builder Reaction times on the antonym test, giving the opposites to words, were very low; average 1.4 seconds. Pathology of Lying, accusation, and swindling: a study in forensic psychology Often used as a specific antonym to virtual in any of its jargon senses. The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 The antonyms apostate, pervert, and renegade are condemnatory names applied to the convert by those whose faith he forsakes. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions There are no true antonyms of kin or kindred, except those made by negatives, since strangers, aliens, foreigners, and foes may still be kin or kindred. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions A book of the ordinarily used synonyms of words, with antonyms after some of them, and with lists of associated words wherever these are likely to be useful. The Century Vocabulary Builder Also between the antonyms cast away, decline, dismiss, refuse, repudiate? English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions The direct antonym of cause is effect, while that of antecedent is consequent. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions In the fullest sense of that which is not only without the will but distinctly in opposition to it, or compulsory, involuntary becomes an antonym, not only of voluntary but of spontaneous; as, involuntary servitude. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions Do the antonyms boisterous, excited, ruffled, turbulent, and wild, also apply to the same? English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions We must now deal with synonyms, and incidentally antonyms, as they associate themselves in larger groups. The Century Vocabulary Builder To speakers and writers antonyms are useful as furnishing oftentimes effective antitheses. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions Almost all antonyms in this class are passive, and can be formed indefinitely from the conquering words by the use of the auxiliary be; as, be beaten, be defeated, be conquered, etc. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions In strict usage, daily is the antonym of nightly as diurnal is of nocturnal. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions |
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