Oxymoron vs. Antonym

Oxymoronnoun

A figure of speech in which two words or phrases with opposing meanings are used together intentionally for effect.

Oxymoronnoun

A contradiction in terms.

Oxymoronnoun

A figure in which an epithet of a contrary signification is added to a word; e. g., cruel kindness; laborious idleness.

Oxymoronnoun

conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence')

Oxymoron

An oxymoron (usual plural oxymorons, more rarely oxymora) is a figure of speech that juxtaposes concepts with opposing meanings within a word or phrase that creates an ostensible self-contradiction. An oxymoron can be used as a rhetorical device to illustrate a rhetorical point or to reveal a paradox.

Antonymnoun

(semantics) A word which has the opposite meaning of another word.

Antonymnoun

A word that describes one end of a scale, while its opposite describes the other end, such as large versus small; a gradable antonym.

Antonymnoun

A word of opposite meaning; a counterterm; - used as a correlative of synonym.

Antonymnoun

two words that express opposing concepts;