English Explanatory Dictionary

complementary antonym

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A term whose meaning is the complement of another term, in an either-or fashion, such as mortal in relation to immortal.
  2. One of a pair of words wherein affirmative use of one entails the negative of the other with no gradability.

Word forms

complementary antonym complementary antonyms

Synonyms

binary antonym contradictory antonym

Related words

complementarity gradable antonym converse antonym biconditional
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