print email comment close Antagonyms URL: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~cellis/antagonym.html Description: "Antagonym" is a word the author of this Web site "made up to describe a single word that has meanings that contradict each other." Example: "Cleave: To adhere tightly vs. To cut apart." He has a list of these words and also an explanation of how he derived the name for them (they are also known as "contronyms"). Author: Ellis, Charles Library of Congress Subject Headings: English language -- Synonyms and antonyms LII Database Information: Record 16595 created by Martha Gifford on 09/16/2002 Last modification on 09/18/2002 Published: 09/16/2002   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/16595