Semantics keywords Flashcards
Antonym
A word with an opposite meaning to another.
Synonym
A word with a similar meaning to another.
Collocation
Words predictably placed together in a phrase.
Connotation
The cultural and emotional associations of a word.
Denotation
The literal meaning of a word.
Euphemism
Mild or indirect expressions substituted for socially offensive ones.
Dysphemism
Expressions that are intentionally harsh.
Emotive lexis
Words that appeal to emotions.
Field - specific
Groups of words that belong to the same field of meaning.
Idiom
An expression that has a wider meaning that the individual words of which its comprised.
Metaphor
A figure of speech where something is said to be something else.
Simile
A figure of speech where something is compared to something else using like or as.
