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RE: Autoantonym for the word "Community" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Kalleh Okay, I found a thread which lists some of these words. Interestingly, Tinman said that the term for a word with 2 opposite meanings is "contranym." In looking up "contranym," I found that indeed it means any word that can be its own antonym. Apparently, there are 4 words that mean this, at least... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words RE: Name That Book! Help! (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput The Greek root for 'name' is onym-. The medial -o- is not just a linking vowel, omissible if the previous part ends in a vowel. So contronym is better formed than contranym, though I can't believe I'm writing that about a hybrid Latin-Greek... antonym is the authentic Greek equivalent, and as that... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words RE: Autoantonym for the word "Community" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Kalleh I found 1 entry for "enantiodrome," and it merely said "contranym." (I also found that "contranym" can also be spelled "contronym.") "Antilogy," however, is defined as "contranym," but also as "A ... for "contranym" or "autoantonym."... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words RE: Name That Book! Help! (in Questions & Answers about Words) by tsuwm , contronym defeats contranym 767 to 369 in a google-off. antagonym rates 695, autoantonym 81, and... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words RE: Mess (in Potpourri) by Kalleh ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri RE: What's the word for....? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by tinman called contranym, contronym, antilogy, enantiodrome, Janus word.Autonym 1. A word that describes... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words RE: The dis- game (in Word Games) by Greg S ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Word Games RE: Oxymorons (in Wordplay) by Chris J. Strolin quote:Originally posted by Kalleh:Can you come up with an oxymoron that contains a homograph and a contranym? Come on, Wordcrafters! Is the answer forthcoming? It doesn't appear that anyone is going to hazard a guess.Tinman, this would seem to be right up your alley. I would have given it a shot... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay RE: Oxymorons (in Wordplay) by museamuse quote:Can you come up with an oxymoron that contains a homograph and a contranym? Come on, Wordcrafters! I was re-reading this thread and saw this challenge that no one rose to and no one answered! I can't come up with a homographic/contranymic oymoron, but how about two words that are homophones... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay RE: Name That Book! Help! (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale quote:Originally posted by Caterwauller:I'd never heard of a contranym before! What other -nyms are there? I know about homonyms and antonyms and synonyms . . .Why did we spend time in school learning about wars when we should have been learning more nyms???? Onelook lists 94 nyms.... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words RE: Name That Book! Help! (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Caterwauller I'd never heard of a contranym before! What other -nyms are there? I know about homonyms and antonyms and synonyms . . . Why did we spend time in school learning about wars when we should have been learning more nyms????... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words RE: Least favorite words? (in Potpourri) by tsuwm an antonym for feckless?! why, feckful, of course! YCLIU ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri RE: Talk about not thinking things through... (in Potpourri) by Asa Lovejoy The antonym is "sensible person." "Fan" is a shortened form of "fanatic."... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri RE: Autoantonym for the word "Community" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English And what is an autoantonym? How does it differ from an antonym?... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words RE: deck out (in Questions & Answers about Words) by zmježd I thought ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words RE: Am I computer "unsavvy"? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Asa Lovejoy The antonym for computer savvy is Asa Lovejoy, alas... ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words RE: The Color Black (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis Our theme is 'black,' but the first antonym that comes to mind for whitewash is 'tar,' which is equa...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Vocabulary Forum RE: Tasty Words (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis The "sap" of taste becomes the "sip" when negated, as with "insipid," the antonym of sapid. Are the...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Vocabulary Forum RE: Weather Words (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Kalleh I wonder if there is an antonym form of ...... 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