[ noun ] a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other <noun.communication> to him the antonym of `gay' was `depressed'
Antonym \An"to*nym\, n. [Gr. ? a word used in substitution for another; ? + ?, ?, a word.] A word of opposite meaning; a counterterm; -- used as a correlative of synonym. [R.] --C. J. Smith.