SYNONYM

Is the state or phenomenon in which the words that sound different, but have the same or identical meaning, as another word or phrase.

Examples:

small - little
big - large
mother and father - parents

ANTONYM

Is the state or phenomenon in which the words have the sense relation which involve the opposite of meaning.

Te word pairs of antonym can be divided into several types:

• Implicitly Gradable Pairs

Examples:

big - small
good - bad
fast - slow
young - old

• Complementary Pairs

Examples:

male - female
alive - dead
present - absent
awake - asleep

• Relational Pairs

Examples:

buy - sell
push - pull
command - serve
give - take
teach - learn
master - servant
teacher - pupil
doctor . patient

HYPONYM

Is the state or phenomenon that shows  the relationship  between more general term, ( lexical representation) and the more specific instances for it.

Examples:


The lexical representation of:


red, yellow, green, blue, purple, black is ( color ).

Thus we can say that: " red " is  a hyponym of " color " and so on.


Examples:


clarinet, guitar, piano, trumpet, violin, are hyponyms because they are " musical instruments " but there is not a single word meaning  " musical instrument " that has these  words as its hyponyms .

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