Hiç bir kelimeyle karşılaştınız ve hatırladığınızın tam tersi anlamına geldiğini öğrendiniz mi?
Yani kendine zıt anlamlı kelimelerden biri.
Eğer öyleyse, bir contronym ile yani kendine zıt anlamlı bir kelime ile karşılaşmış olabilirsiniz.
Evet, bazı kelimelerin iki anlamı var ve kendine zıt anlamlı kelime olabiliyor.
İngilizcede kendine zıt anlamlı olan en az 150 tane kelime var.
Genellikle bir çelişkili anlamlı kelimeler veya oto-zıt anlamlı kelimeler, bağlama bağlı olarak çelişkili veya ters anlamlar uyandıran kelimelerdir.
Yani bu kelimeler bir cümlede bir anlama gelirken diğer cümlede tam tersi bir anlama geliyor. Halbuki aynı kelime.
İngilizce Contronym – kendine zıt anlamlı kelimeler
Word | Meaning | Meaning | Example sentence | |
1 | adumbrate | meaning 1 | to clarify | |
adumbrate | meaning 2 | to cast a shadow over | ||
2 | anabasis | meaning 1 | A military advance; | |
anabasis | meaning 2 | A difficult and dangerous military retreat | ||
3 | annual | meaning 1 | recurring every year; | |
annual | meaning 2 | only lasting a single year | ||
4 | apology | meaning 1 | An admission of error accompanied by a plea for forgiveness; | |
apology | meaning 2 | A formal defense or justification (as in Plato’s Apology), also referred to as an apologia | ||
5 | aught | meaning 1 | all | |
aught | meaning 2 | nothing | ||
6 | awful | meaning 1 | Originally used as a term to mean full of awe, a synonym of awesome | |
awful | meaning 2 | now means something exceptionally bad | ||
7 | back up | meaning 1 | To retreat | |
back up | meaning 2 | to give support, therefore holding your ground. | ||
8 | bad | meaning 1 | Undesirable or unpleasant | |
bad | meaning 2 | desirable or fashionable. | ||
9 | before | meaning 1 | Primarily British: in advance of (“the future is before us”). In American English, the phrase would typically be “The future is ahead of us.” | |
before | meaning 2 | at an earlier time, previously (“our forefathers came before us”) | ||
10 | berm | meaning 1 | A flat piece of land | |
berm | meaning 2 | an artificial ridge of land | ||
11 | bill | meaning 1 | A medium of money (e.g. “a $10 bill”) | |
bill | meaning 2 | a medium of money owed (e.g. “a bill for $10”). | ||
12 | Bolt | meaning 1 | To separate by fleeing | |
Bolt | meaning 2 | to hold together (as with a bolt) | ||
13 | boned | meaning 1 | an adjective describing bones (as in “big-boned”) | |
boned | meaning 2 | an adjective, based on the past tense of the verb “bone”, meaning that bones have been removed (as in a “boned chicken”); a synonym of deboned. | ||
14 | Bound | meaning 1 | Going toward a destination | He’s bound for Europe next month. |
Bound | meaning 2 | restrained from moving | They were bound forever by the wonderful memories they shared. | |
15 | brainstorm | meaning 1 | A success | |
brainstorm | meaning 2 | a failure in the thought process. | ||
16 | break | meaning 1 | An opportunity | |
break | meaning 2 | a problem | ||
17 | broke | meaning 1 | Without any money, penniless; | |
broke | meaning 2 | broke off, rich, wealthy. | ||
18 | Buckle | meaning 1 | To fasten together (with a buckle) | Eg, The grandmother felt her knee buckle while climbing the stairs. |
Buckle | meaning 2 | to bend or collapse from pressure | Eg, The air hostess requested the passengers to buckle their seat belts. | |
19 | chilly | meaning 1 | “Cold enough to cause discomfort; feeling uncomfortably cold”. | |
chilly | meaning 2 | An alternative spelling of chili. | ||
20 | citation | meaning 1 | A commendation | |
citation | meaning 2 | a condemnation | ||
21 | Cleave | meaning 1 | to cut something, such as wood | The tree was cleaved in two by the lightning. |
Cleave | meaning 2 | to hold on tightly to something, such as an idea | The politician cleaved to his moral principles during the debate. | |
22 | clip | meaning 1 | to fasten together; hold tightly | She clipped the pages together to stop any from getting lost. |
clip | meaning 2 | to cut apart; cut off (e.g. with shears) | The hairdresser clipped a little too much of my hair off. | |
23 | commencement | meaning 1 | The beginning | |
commencement | meaning 2 | the end | ||
24 | comprise | meaning 1 | to contain; include | |
comprise | meaning 2 | to be composed of; consist of | ||
25 | consequential | meaning 1 | Following as an effect, result, or conclusion; consequent. | |
consequential | meaning 2 | Having important consequences; significant. | ||
26 | Consult | meaning 1 | To give advice | |
Consult | meaning 2 | to get advice | ||
27 | consume | meaning 1 | In regard to calories, one can consume them by ingesting them | |
consume | meaning 2 | by expending them. | ||
28 | contemporary | meaning 1 | Contemporary alone means “modern” | |
contemporary | meaning 2 | with a reference point it may also mean “at a specific time in the past”. | ||
29 | cool | meaning 1 | In commonly accepted slang, cool means happy, pleasant, agreeable; | |
cool | meaning 2 | when referring to a personal interaction, especially in politics, it usually means “less than agreeable” or “polite but strained” (he received a cool reception to his speech). | ||
30 | critical | meaning 1 | Can mean “vital to success” (a critical component) | |
critical | meaning 2 | “disparaging” (a critical comment) | ||
31 | custom | meaning 1 | usual; normal | |
custom | meaning 2 | special; unique | ||
32 | depurate | meaning 1 | To purify | |
depurate | meaning 2 | to make impure. | ||
33 | discount | meaning 1 | To leave uncounted/unchecked | |
discount | meaning 2 | counting off/down of a price. | ||
34 | discursive | meaning 1 | to be rambling or freeform (American usage) | |
discursive | meaning 2 | to be strictly structured (British usage). | ||
35 | disposed | meaning 1 | As a past tense verb “removed” or “gotten rid of” | |
disposed | meaning 2 | as an adjective; disposed means “available”. | ||
36 | downhill | meaning 1 | When referring to difficulty, it means “progressively easier”; | |
downhill | meaning 2 | when referring to status or condition, it means “progressively worse” | ||
37 | drop | meaning 1 | When referring to a film or video or especially an advertisement, it can either mean that it has been abolished, cancelled or withdrawn from circulation, | |
drop | meaning 2 | or that it has been published or released into circulation. | ||
38 | dust | meaning 1 | to remove fine particles from (e.g. when cleaning) | He made sure to dust the house before his parents came to visit. |
dust | meaning 2 | to sprinkle fine particles onto | He dusted the cake with icing sugar. | |
39 | dyke | meaning 1 | Ditch dug for irrigation | |
dyke | meaning 2 | flood defence built from material dug from ditch. | ||
40 | egregious | meaning 1 | Adjective meaning outstandingly bad or shocking | |
egregious | meaning 2 | in a different context it can mean remarkably good. | ||
41 | enduring | meaning 1 | “long lasting” | |
enduring | meaning 2 | “suffering through” | ||
42 | Enjoin | meaning 1 | To order someone to do something | |
Enjoin | meaning 2 | to prohibit someone from doing something | ||
43 | execute | meaning 1 | a) To execute: To start or begin | Eg, The need of the hour is to execute the plan. |
execute | meaning 2 | b) To execute: To bring to an end | Eg, The juvenile is expected to be executed, next month. | |
44 | factoid | meaning 1 | A factoid is a false claim that spreads through unreliable mass media, which is the traditional meaning, | |
factoid | meaning 2 | an interesting and true bit of trivia. | ||
45 | Fast | meaning 1 | to move quickly | Deer run very fast to get away from predators (animals that eat them). |
Fast | meaning 2 | to stay put | His foot was stuck fast when he stepped into the mud. | |
46 | fearful | meaning 1 | causing fear | |
fearful | meaning 2 | [being] full of fear | ||
47 | fearsome | meaning 1 | causing fear | |
fearsome | meaning 2 | inclined to fear | ||
48 | fine | meaning 1 | just meets minimum standards; satisfactory | There’s supposed to be fine weather on Saturday. |
fine | meaning 2 | considerably better than average; excellent | The siblings had a fine relationship but they were by no means good friends. | |
49 | Finished | meaning 1 | Completed | |
Finished | meaning 2 | destroyed | ||
50 | Fix | meaning 1 | To repair | |
Fix | meaning 2 | to castrate | ||
51 | flank | meaning 1 | to protect the sides of something | |
flank | meaning 2 | to attack the flanks. | ||
52 | Flog | meaning 1 | To promote persistently | |
Flog | meaning 2 | to criticize or beat | ||
53 | free | meaning 1 | without” OR “access available” and/or “costless”. | |
free | meaning 2 | Also “free” can also be readily (or unwillingly)taken OR can choose not to be taken. | ||
54 | Garnish | meaning 1 | To add decorative touches (to food or drink) | |
Garnish | meaning 2 | to take/withhold from (as in wages) | ||
55 | give out | meaning 1 | to produce; distribute | |
give out | meaning 2 | to stop producing; cease functioning | ||
56 | Go | meaning 1 | to proceed, move forward | When the light turns green, I’ll go. |
Go | meaning 2 | to fail | I need to buy a new laptop. Mine is starting to go. | |
57 | Grade | meaning 1 | A degree of slope | |
Grade | meaning 2 | a horizontal line or position | ||
58 | hack | meaning 1 | A hack can be a clever, ingenious solution | |
hack | meaning 2 | an ugly, temporary one. | ||
59 | handicap | meaning 1 | advantage (e.g. in sport) | |
handicap | meaning 2 | disadvantage; disability | ||
60 | hardly | meaning 1 | Either barely just | |
hardly | meaning 2 | with extreme power | ||
61 | hellacious | meaning 1 | Tremendous, remarkable | |
hellacious | meaning 2 | extremely unpleasant, dreadful. | ||
62 | Help | meaning 1 | To assist | |
Help | meaning 2 | to prevent or (in negative constructions) restrain | ||
63 | hew | meaning 1 | To separate | |
hew | meaning 2 | to stick (to) | ||
64 | Hold up | meaning 1 | to support | He held his head up and faced his classmates despite knowing they were gossiping about him. |
Hold up | meaning 2 | to obstruct | He wanted to face up to his classmates who bullied him but his fear held him up. | |
65 | impassionate | meaning 1 | Strongly affected | |
impassionate | meaning 2 | without passion or feeling. | ||
66 | impregnable | meaning 1 | impossible to enter (e.g. of a fortress) | |
impregnable | meaning 2 | able to be impregnated | ||
67 | incorporate (adjective) | meaning 1 | having a body, having been incorporated | |
incorporate (adjective) | meaning 2 | having no body; incorporeal. | ||
68 | inflammable | meaning 1 | Flammable | |
inflammable | meaning 2 | nonflammable. | ||
69 | injoint | meaning 1 | To injoint can mean to separate | |
injoint | meaning 2 | to join | ||
70 | Lease/Rent | meaning 1 | to lend; rent out | We leased/rented a house in France for our holiday. |
Lease/Rent | meaning 2 | to borrow; hire | They lease/rent out their flat when they aren’t using it. | |
71 | Left | meaning 1 | to go away from | They left the party early. |
Left | meaning 2 | remaining | They were the last ones left at the party. | |
72 | let | meaning 1 | to allow; grant permission | |
let | meaning 2 | to prevent (e.g. “without let or hindrance”) | ||
73 | literally | meaning 1 | actually; really | |
literally | meaning 2 | figuratively; virtually | ||
74 | lurid | meaning 1 | pale | |
lurid | meaning 2 | glowing with color. | ||
75 | Mean | meaning 1 | unkind/aggressive/spiteful | He wished his teacher wasn’t so mean. |
Mean | meaning 2 | excellent | He makes a mean pasta bake. | |
76 | mediocre | meaning 1 | ordinary, neither good nor bad | |
mediocre | meaning 2 | rather poor or inferior. | ||
77 | Model | meaning 1 | The original, perfect example | |
Model | meaning 2 | a copy | ||
78 | moot | meaning 1 | debatable; arguable | |
moot | meaning 2 | academic; irrelevant | ||
79 | mosey | meaning 1 | to move quickly | |
mosey | meaning 2 | to move leisurely. | ||
80 | nerveless | meaning 1 | fearful and lacking courage | |
nerveless | meaning 2 | calm and controlled. | ||
81 | nonplussed | meaning 1 | so surprised | |
nonplussed | meaning 2 | confused that one is unsure how to react or not disconcerted, unperturbed | ||
82 | Off | meaning 1 | to be deactivated | She turned her phone off because she didn’t want to be disturbed (distracted, bothered, interrupted). |
Off | meaning 2 | to be activated | The fire alarm went off when I burned our dinner. | |
83 | original | meaning 1 | plain, or unchanged (as in original flavour) | |
original | meaning 2 | something creative or new (an original idea) | ||
84 | Out | meaning 1 | Out: Visible | Eg, The moon was hidden behind the clouds, it took a long time to come out. |
Out | meaning 2 | Out: Invisible | Eg, In order to create complete darkness, he decided to put out the candles too. | |
85 | outstanding | meaning 1 | Exceptional, prominent, excellent | |
outstanding | meaning 2 | unsettled, unresolved, overdue. | ||
86 | Overlook | meaning 1 | To watch | |
Overlook | meaning 2 | to fail to notice | ||
87 | overpowered | meaning 1 | the subject in question possesses more power than expected | |
overpowered | meaning 2 | the subject has been defeated by a greater power. | ||
88 | Oversight | meaning 1 | to overlook or miss something | He apologized for the oversight in his report. He meant to put the information in, but forgot. |
Oversight | meaning 2 | to oversee something carefully, especially by a government committee | The House Oversight Committee paid close attention to what was going on in Congress. | |
89 | pants | meaning 1 | As a verb, “to pants someone” can mean to either to apply pants to | |
pants | meaning 2 | to remove them from their body. | ||
90 | Peer | meaning 1 | a member on the nobility | In the UK the ranks of the peerage are duke, marquess, earl, viscount, and baron. |
Peer | meaning 2 | an equal | My assignment will be marked by my peers. | |
91 | Peruse | meaning 1 | To skim | |
Peruse | meaning 2 | to read very carefully | ||
92 | pitch | meaning 1 | To discard | |
pitch | meaning 2 | to promote | ||
93 | pitted | meaning 1 | Having pit | |
pitted | meaning 2 | having pits removed. | Pitted olives do not contain pits, but the labeling confuses some customers. | |
94 | presently | meaning 1 | Its older meaning is “immediately” | |
presently | meaning 2 | its contemporary meaning is “in a while”. | ||
95 | priceless | meaning 1 | so valuable that no price can be set | |
priceless | meaning 2 | it can also mean worthless. | ||
96 | public | meaning 1 | common people of a society | |
public | meaning 2 | things operated by the government | ||
97 | put | meaning 1 | to begin to move hurriedly | |
put | meaning 2 | stationary (e.g. “stay put”) | ||
98 | Put out | meaning 1 | Extinguish | Eg, The tutorial taught 5 new ways to put out fire. |
Put out | meaning 2 | Generate | Eg, Arthur Miller put out many books. | |
99 | puzzle | meaning 1 | to pose a problem | |
puzzle | meaning 2 | to solve a problem | ||
100 | qualified | meaning 1 | “limited” (as in “qualified success”) | |
qualified | meaning 2 | “skilled, skilful” (as in “a qualified expert”). | ||
101 | quantum | meaning 1 | very small (e.g. in Physics) | |
quantum | meaning 2 | very large (e.g. “quantum leap”) | ||
102 | quiddity | meaning 1 | Can mean either the essence of a thing, or a quibble. | |
quiddity | meaning 2 | Essence, or a trifling point of contention | ||
103 | Ravel | meaning 1 | To separate | |
Ravel | meaning 2 | to become entangled | ||
104 | recast | meaning 1 | “to cast an actor in the same role again” | |
recast | meaning 2 | “to replace one actor in a role with another”. | ||
105 | reflexive | meaning 1 | “marked by reflection” | |
reflexive | meaning 2 | “characterized by habitual, unthinking behavior” | ||
106 | Refrain | meaning 1 | to desist | Please refrain from smoking indoors. |
Refrain | meaning 2 | a repeated (number of) lines | There’s a refrain at the end of each verse in the poem. | |
107 | remit | meaning 1 | Can be used to mean cancel | |
remit | meaning 2 | to send money as a payment or gift. | ||
108 | Rent | meaning 1 | To lease something | |
Rent | meaning 2 | to offer an something for lease | ||
109 | replace | meaning 1 | to restore to a former place or position | |
replace | meaning 2 | to put something new in the place of (e.g. “I replaced the old rug with a new one”) | ||
110 | reservation | meaning 1 | “a confirmation” of availability | |
reservation | meaning 2 | a fear or uncertainty | ||
111 | resign | meaning 1 | to quit; give up | |
resign | meaning 2 | to sign up again | ||
112 | rhotacism | meaning 1 | Can mean overuse of the letter R | |
rhotacism | meaning 2 | the inability to pronounce it. | ||
113 | Rock | meaning 1 | An immobile mass of stone | |
Rock | meaning 2 | a shaking or unsettling movement or action | ||
114 | root | meaning 1 | to remove completely | |
root | meaning 2 | to become firmly established | ||
115 | Sanction | meaning 1 | formal approval or permission to do something | Our boss sanctioned the meeting, so we met with the new customer last week. |
Sanction | meaning 2 | to impose (make, force) restrictions (rules, limits) on someone or something | Many countries have imposed sanctions on Russia in the last few weeks. | |
116 | sanguine | meaning 1 | murderous | |
sanguine | meaning 2 | cheerfully optimistic | ||
117 | scan | meaning 1 | to examine closely | |
scan | meaning 2 | to glance at hastily | ||
118 | Screen | meaning 1 | to show something, normally a movie | The movie was screened privately for everyone who worked on it. |
Screen | meaning 2 | to hide something from view | Patients in a hospital are usually screened off to provide privacy. | |
119 | secreted | meaning 1 | “hidden” (secreted away) | |
secreted | meaning 2 | “exposed” (secreted from a wound) | ||
120 | secular | meaning 1 | Worldly, not eternal | |
secular | meaning 2 | lasting for many years | ||
121 | Seed | meaning 1 | to sow seeds | It is important to seed plants at the right time of year so that they can grow in the best conditions. |
Seed | meaning 2 | to remove seeds | Chop and seed the chillies before adding them to the sauce. | |
122 | set | meaning 1 | to fix in place | |
set | meaning 2 | to flow; move on | ||
123 | several | meaning 1 | “separate, single, or individual” | |
several | meaning 2 | “plural, more than two”. | ||
124 | shank | meaning 1 | latter part of a period of time | |
shank | meaning 2 | early part of a period of time | ||
125 | shed | meaning 1 | To put into a shed (as in “I’m going to shed the lawnmower for the winter”) | |
shed | meaning 2 | to remove (as in “the snake shed its skin”). | ||
126 | shelled | meaning 1 | Shelled can describe either the result of removing a shell (e.g., we shelled the hazelnuts) | |
shelled | meaning 2 | describe something that has a shell (e.g., turtles are like shelled snakes with legs) | ||
127 | Shop | meaning 1 | To patronize a business in order to purchase something | |
Shop | meaning 2 | to sell something | ||
128 | Sick | meaning 1 | to be ill | I was really sick yesterday, which is why I didn’t come into work. |
Sick | meaning 2 | cool, awesome, amazing- slang, informal speech) | Dude, that skateboard trick was really sick! | |
129 | skin | meaning 1 | to cover with a skin | |
skin | meaning 2 | to remove the skin | ||
130 | splice | meaning 1 | to join together | |
splice | meaning 2 | to cut in two | ||
131 | Stakeholder | meaning 1 | One who has a stake in an enterprise | |
Stakeholder | meaning 2 | a bystander who holds the stake for those placing a bet | ||
132 | stay | meaning 1 | stopping an action (“stay the execution”) | |
stay | meaning 2 | to continue an action (“stay the course”) | ||
133 | stem | meaning 1 | To make headway on something (e.g. “if the wind will only die down, we shall be able to stem the first of the flood”) | |
stem | meaning 2 | to restrict something (e.g. “we need to stem the bleeding”). | ||
134 | Strike | meaning 1 | to hit/succeed | They struck gold. |
Strike | meaning 2 | to miss/fail | He was struck out. | |
135 | suspicious | meaning 1 | a person is acting in a way that suggests wrongdoing (e.g. “He seems very suspicious”) | |
suspicious | meaning 2 | can mean that the person in question suspects wrongdoing in others (e.g. “He was suspicious of her motives.”) | ||
136 | table | meaning 1 | to propose; suggest | |
table | meaning 2 | to postpone; shelve | ||
137 | targeted | meaning 1 | “having aimed at” (targeted missile strikes) | |
targeted | meaning 2 | “being aimed at” (targeted civilian settlements). | ||
138 | tease | meaning 1 | To comb | |
tease | meaning 2 | to back-comb. | ||
139 | temper | meaning 1 | to soften; mollify | |
temper | meaning 2 | to strengthen (e.g. a metal) | ||
140 | terrible | meaning 1 | Formidable | |
terrible | meaning 2 | lousy. | ||
141 | terrific | meaning 1 | “inducing terror” | |
terrific | meaning 2 | fantastic or “amazing” | ||
142 | throw out | meaning 1 | “to discard” | |
throw out | meaning 2 | “to offer an idea” | ||
143 | Transparent | meaning 1 | invisible/see-through | We visited a beautiful beach with transparent waters. |
Transparent | meaning 2 | apparent/obvious | Her expression made her views transparent. | |
144 | Trim | meaning 1 | to decorate/adorn | Each year the family gathers to trim the Christmas tree. |
Trim | meaning 2 | to cut away excess | The gardener trims the hedges frequently. | |
145 | Trip | meaning 1 | to catch your foot on something, causing you to fall | She tripped over the fallen tree while we were hiking. |
Trip | meaning 2 | to walk along lightly, in a carefree way | I tripped along the New York sidewalks without a care in the world. | |
146 | tripping | meaning 1 | A fluid effortless motion | |
tripping | meaning 2 | the act of falling due to an unforeseen obstacle. | ||
147 | trying | meaning 1 | hard to endure’ | |
trying | meaning 2 | to make an effort | A teacher’s report may say, “Your child is trying”. [22] | |
148 | Unbending | meaning 1 | Rigid | |
Unbending | meaning 2 | relaxing | ||
149 | unfoldable | meaning 1 | That can be unfolded | |
unfoldable | meaning 2 | not capable of being folded. | ||
150 | Variety | meaning 1 | A particular type | |
Variety | meaning 2 | many types | ||
151 | vault | meaning 1 | A small locked box | |
vault | meaning 2 | the expanse of the heavens. | ||
152 | Wear | meaning 1 | to deteriorate | My jeans always wear away at the knees. |
Wear | meaning 2 | able to withstand deterioration | The dress has at least another year of wear left in it. | |
153 | Weather | meaning 1 | to withstand | The ship is built to weather a storm. |
Weather | meaning 2 | to deteriorate | The cliffs have weathered over the years. | |
154 | wicked | meaning 1 | “evil” | |
wicked | meaning 2 | (slang) “very good”. | ||
155 | Wind up | meaning 1 | to start; prepare | You need to wind the toy train up to make it run. |
Wind up | meaning 2 | to end; conclude | It’s time for the meeting to end– please wind up all discussions. |
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