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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Antonym \An"to*nym\, noun [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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
antonym
noun: two words that express opposing concepts; "to him the opposite of gay was depressed" [syn: {opposite word}, {opposite}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
47 Moby Thesaurus words for "antonym": antipode, antipodes, antipole, antithesis, articulation, contra, converse, counter, counterbalance, countercheck, counterpoint, counterpoise, counterpole, counterterm, expression, foil, free form, homograph, homonym, homophone, inverse, lexeme, linguistic form, locution, logos, metonym, minimum free form, monosyllable, obverse, offset, opposite, opposite number, polysyllable, reverse, setoff, syllable, synonym, term, the contrary, the other side, usage, utterance, verbalism, verbum, vis-a-vis, vocable, word
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