Semantic Relationships

Two words with very closely related meaning is ...

• antonyms

• homonyms

• synonyms

• hyponymy

typically the first or preliminary model of something, especially from which other forms are developed; helps explain the meaning of certain words (furniture-->desk, table)

• prototype

• metonymy

• hyponym

• homonyms

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

• connotation

• collocation

• implication

• location

When one form (written or spoken) has two or more unrelated meanings, they are called ___. [bank (of a river) / bank (financial institution)]

• hyponym

• homonyms

• metonymy

• 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

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

• homonyms

• hyponyms

• synonyms

• hyponymy

meaning which a speaker or writer intends but it is not communicated directly. this is the definition of ...

• denotation

• implication

• 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

One way we organize our knowledge of words is on the basis of ___ (words that frequently occur together).

We commonly associate certain words with other words. (Family Feud-esque, but with ONE word)

• collocation

• homophones

• location

• denotation

two forms with opposite meanings is ...

• antonyms

• synonyms

• metonymy

• hyponymy