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Two words are synonymous if they have in some way the same
meaning: Ex. sofa and couch
A. Synonymy
B. Homonymy
C. Antonymy
D. Complementary pairs
E. Gradable pairs
F. Relational opposites
G. Entailment
Two words that share the same phonetic form but have
different meanings: tale/tail, bear/bare, bank/bank,
ground/ground.
A. Synonymy
B. Homonymy
C. Antonymy
D. Complementary pairs
E. Gradable pairs
F. Relational opposites
G. Entailment
Two words which are in some way opposite in meaning.
A. Synonymy
B. Homonymy
C. Antonymy
D. Complementary pairs
E. Gradable pairs
F. Relational opposites
G. Entailment
If one word is applicable, the other cannot be: married
& single, alive & dead, fair ball & foul ball.
A. Synonymy
B. Homonymy
C. Antonymy
D. Complementary pairs
E. Gradable pairs
F. Relational opposites
G. Entailment
Constitute opposite ends of a scale, but the negative of one
word is not necessarily synonymous with the other: big &
little, hot & cold, tall & short.
A. Synonymy
B. Homonymy
C. Antonymy
D. Complementary pairs
E. Gradable pairs
F. Relational opposites
G. Entailment
Constitute a symmetrical relationship: doctor & patient,
buy & sell, employer & employee, husband & wife
A. Synonymy
B. Homonymy
C. Antonymy
D. Complementary pairs
E. Gradable pairs
F. Relational opposites
G. Entailment
Relationship between meanings in which if one meaning holds,
then another necessarily holds; the reverse may not be true:
1. If something is an A, it must be a B, too.
2. If something is not a B, then it cannot be a A.
3. If something is a B, it may or may not be an A.
