Lexical Relationship

1.1. synonyms: very closely related meaning
2. antonyms: opposite or contrastive meanings
2.a. gradable: along a scale or continuum
2.b. non-gradable: direct opposites
2.c. reversives: one of the reverse of the other
3. hyponymy: the meaning of one word is included in that of another
4. prototype: the most characteristic instance of a category
5. homophones: different forms but same pronunciation
6. homonyms: same form but different meaning
7. polysemy: a word having two or more related meanings
8. metonymy: a word used in place of another
9. collocation: words that frequently occur together
____ present/absent, alive/dead, enter/exit
____ hot/cold, big/small, fast/slow
____ “mole” (on skin) and “mole” (the animal)
____ rose/flower, poodle/dog, parakeet/bird
____ “The king is here.” → “The crown is here.”
____ “foot” (of a person, of a bed, of a mountain)
____ almost/nearly, broad/wide, buy/purchase, couch/sofa
____ pack/unpack, push/pull
____ “black and white”, “heavy drinker”, “fast train”, “quick shower”
____ robin → bird not an ostrich
____ two - to - too, there - their - they’re, one - won