Semantics

Two or more words with very closely related meanings; can often (but not always) be substituted for one another in sentences.

• Hyponym

• Homonyms

• Synonyms

• Hyponymy

The study of which words occur together, and their frequency of co-occurrence.

• Connotation

• Collocation

• Implication

• Location

Characterizing the meaning of words in terms of its relationship to other words; synonymy, antonymy, and hyponymy.

• Lexical relationships

• Semantic analysis

• Collocation

• Gradable antonyms

When two or more different (written) forms have the same pronunciation, they are called ___. (bear/bare, meat/meet, right/write)

• Homophones

• Hyponym

• Co-hyponyms

• Homonyms

Direct opposites (male/female, married/single).

• Co-hyponyms

• Antonyms

• Gradable antonyms

• Non-gradable antonyms

Meaning which a speaker or writer intends but it is not communicated directly.

• Denotation

• Implication

• Collocation

• Location

When one form (written or spoken) has two or more unrelated meanings (bat-flying creature/bat-used in baseball).

• Homonyms

• Hyponym

• Synonyms

• Hyponymy

Where an entity is (on the table).

• Implication

• Denotation

• Collocation

• Location

Two or more words with the same form and related meanings by extension (foot of a person, of a bed, of a mountain); based on similarity.

• Metonymy

• Hyponymy

• Polysemy

• Hyponym

Two forms with opposite meanings.

• Antonyms

• Synonyms

• Metonymy

• Hyponymy