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looking for a reasonable antonym

Anonymous — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 02:24:47 GMT

Hello. I'm looking for a good antonym for the word "misanthrope", if one exists... Unfortunately I can't think of one, and websites such as dictionary.com have been of little help. I'm looking for something preferably more precise than words like "philanthropist" or "humanitarian", i.e., I don't want words whose secondary or tertiary meanings are vaguely close to the opposite of "misanthrope" but a word that is unambiguously antonymous. Thanks.

Re: by hand/handwritten

Yoong Liat — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 06:15:12 GMT

Newguest

Hi

If I say that I did something "by hand" - does it mean that something was handwritten???

by hand -- (without the use of a machine; ``this dress is sewn by hand )

by machine -- (with the use of a machine; ``the shirt is sewn by machine )

Re: Adj -> Noun and Verb -> Noun relation name

Eagerlearner — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 15:47:47 GMT

Thanks, certainly there is not mistake in my questions, I just like to know if there is such a relation name. I am doing Natural Language Processing research.

such as,

car -> motor vehicle
the relation between them is, motor vehicle is a hypernym of car

car -> accelerator pedal
accelerator pedal is the meronym of car

so on for , synonyms, antonyms, pertainyms,

so I am wondering if there is a relation name between
invented -> inventor

Just that, Thanks.

Re: What is the antonym of ''organically grown''?

khoff — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 03:22:04 GMT

In a contemporary American supermarket or health foods store, you could ask, "are these organically grown or conventially grown?"

What is the antonym of ''organically grown''?

Jackson6612 — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:50:58 GMT

What is the antonym of organically grown?

Consumers are prepared to pay a premium for organically grown vegetables.

Re: Clarify v.s Demystify

Anonymous — Fri, 30 May 2008 17:37:21 GMT

Hello!

As you may have noticed, these verbs are virtually synonymous. However, there is an easy way to explain the difference. We will have to look at these words in detail.

- 'to clarify' is a word formed by its root 'clar-' (to English speakers know as the word 'clear') and the suffix '-ify', which means 'to make' or 'to cause'. We should use this verb when we talk about avoiding uncertainty or confusion.

Let's use an example: "Peter asked Joan to clarify what was meant by 'the parties hereto' in the document. Joan answered him that it stands for 'the parties to this contract'."

-'demystify' is a word that we also can split in two: de-mystify. 'de' is our famous Latin prefix which means 'un'. 'mystify' means 'to make something (appear) mysterious'. Therefore, 'demystify' is the antonym of 'mystify'. We should use this verb when we talk about solving a mystery.

Now, let's have a look at the following example: "A UFO reported by local people, is revealed to have been a malfunctioning weather balloon. The Roswell incident is therefore effectively demystified." (or has it?? pun intended)

I hope that my explanation was useful to you.

Re: opposite vs. to be in opposition

Pter — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 02:52:43 GMT

Antipode and near antipode? Antonyms and near antonyms? Do they sound good and "technical enough" for your paper?

Palinkasocsi
The problem this time is that perhaps BOTH types of pairs (wonderful-lousy; alive-dead) could be termed: to be in opposition. I just wanted to find exclusive terminology for these different groups. That is terminology allowing no transitions between the two types.

In my opinion, this kind of demarcation is arbitrary and artificial. Whether two terms are exact, near exact or not opposite in meaning often depends on context.

Re: antonym of underdog

RayH — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 01:30:05 GMT

CalifJim
My estimate of it is that underdog has entered "much deeper" into the standard lexicon than topdog. In describing candidates for political office, for example, journalists use the term underdog all the time -- to the point that we native speakers almost don't register the idea of "dog" when the term is used. On the other hand, the term topdog is almost never used in that context, though it is used in casual speech in other contexts. You might try Googling it to get an idea of the usage.

CJ

N2G,
CJ is exactly right. If you are going to use topdog you should consider it extremely informal, almost slang. In fact, I notice that the spell checker built into this editor does not recognize topdog as a word but it does recognize underdog.

Re: antonym of underdog

CalifJim — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:50:39 GMT

My estimate of it is that underdog has entered "much deeper" into the standard lexicon than topdog. In describing candidates for political office, for example, journalists use the term underdog all the time -- to the point that we native speakers almost don't register the idea of "dog" when the term is used. On the other hand, the term topdog is almost never used in that context, though it is used in casual speech in other contexts. You might try Googling it to get an idea of the usage.

Re: antonym of underdog

New2grammar — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:40:14 GMT

I'm comfortable using the favorite and front-runner but a bit reserved when it comes to topdog. I guess it's a new term to me so I lack confidence.