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contronym (thing)
See all of contronym
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(
thing
)
by
sgs
Sun Jan 28 2001 at 9:31:26
In his
1998
book
Crazy English
, Richard Lederer gives these types of
antonyms
their own name,
contronyms
. He also includes phrases and
homophones
as well as
homographs
.
The
rec.puzzles
archive lists quite a few of these, such as:
fast
: rapid OR unmoving
resign
: to quit OR to sign up again
strike
: a miss (
baseball
) OR to hit
Demonym
oxymoron
Capitonym
antagonym
autoantonym
A.Word.A.Day
Heteronym
Stranger in a Strange Land
grok
Janus
antonym
Aught
Anabasis
trifling
Tautonym
two-faced
doublespeak
Biweekly
cleave
Car Talk
Tartle
Words That Are Their Own Antonyms
filterable
William Safire