Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

complementary antonym

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.94 in modern English

Syllables: com-ple-men-tary antonym
IPA

36

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A term whose meaning is the complement of another term, in an either-or fashion, such as mortal in relation to immortal.

noun

One of a pair of words wherein affirmative use of one entails the negative of the other with no gradability.

Example Sentences

"Complementary (also called contradictory) antonyms are those for which the assertion of one entails the negation of the other and vice versa, as in (17). a. That integer is even. → That integer is not odd. b. That integer is not odd. → That integer is even."

Inflected Forms

complementary antonyms (plural)

Phrases

gradable antonym converse antonym

Frequently Paired Words

complementarity gradable antonym converse antonym biconditional

Synonyms

binary antonym contradictory antonym

Questions

What does complementary antonym mean?: A term whose meaning is the complement of another term, in an either-or fashion, such as mortal in relation to immortal.

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