Lexical Relations

a set of words that has partitive relations

• hyponymy

• polysemy

• meronymy

• homophones

a set of words that has contrasting or opposite meanings

• synonyms

• antonyms

• homonyms

• clines

a set of words that denotes a subcategory of a more general class

• hyponymy

• meronymy

• polysemy

• clines

a set of words that indicates a part or quantity of something as distinct from a whole

• hyponymy

• homophones

• homonym

• meronymy

set of words that has the same or nearly the same meaning in some or all senses

• synonyms

• antonyms

• polysemy

• clines

has the same spelling and sound, but do not have related meanings

• homophones

• polysemy

• homonymy

• synonymy

has the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, and spelling

• homonym

• homophones

• clines

• hyponymy

has the coexistence of many possible related meanings for a word or phrase

• hyponymy

• polysemy

• clines

• contranyms

is arranged in terms of strength or intensity of the word/phrase that represents a certain idea

• polysemy

• clines

• synonym

• homonyms

clock = minute hand - hour hand - case

• polysemy

• meronymy

• hyponymy

• synonym