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Old 25-Nov-2003, 17:22
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I am looking for any other words in the english language they have the same meaning but are antonyms...ie: fear-faith
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I'm not sure that I see them as having the same meaning.
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Old 25-Nov-2003, 21:36
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I am looking for any other words in the english language they have the same meaning but are antonyms...ie: fear-faith
Antonyms are words with opposite meanings in at least one sense of the words. As such, they cannot have the same meanings.
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Is she after contranyms like 'cleave'?
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Is she after contranyms like 'cleave'?
I don't know. I'm not sure that fits with fear/faith.
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I'm lost on that, too. ;-|
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