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Electronic Multilingual Terminological Dictionary


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Converse (relational) antonyms

Converse (relational) antonyms are closely related words that can’t exist without each other. For instance, ‘near’ and ‘far’ are converse (relational) antonyms because an object can’t be near without measuring it with something far away [Master Class].
Relational antonyms refer to opposite words related to each other; it means that one word can't exist without the other. For example, a doctor with no patients cannot be a doctor, a predator with no prey cannot be a predator, there is no east without west, you can't sell something if there are no people to buy it, etc. [YourDictionary].
Converse (relational) antonyms are pairs of opposite words where one cannot exist without the other. For instance, to be a husband, you must have a wife, or to be a mother, you must have a child; to be a teacher, you must have students, etc. [English Language Centre].

Sources:

⠀ Antonyms. English Language Centre. Retrieved from: https://www.englishlc.com/antonyms/.

⠀ Types of antonyms. MasterClass. Retrieved from: https://www.masterclass.com/articles/antonym-meaning-explained#4-types-of-antonyms.

Part of speech Noun
Countable/uncountable countable
Type abstract
Gender neutral
Case nominative