Of words and their meanings
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SEMANTICOf words and their meanings.
lexicologythe study of words and their meanings
lexicologiesLEXICOLOGY, the study of words and their meanings
etymologyThe study of the origin of words and the way in which their meanings have changed throughout history
etymologiesThe study of the origin of words and the way in which their meanings have changed throughout history
dictionarya book containing the words of a language alphabetically arranged, with their meanings, etymology, etc
dictionariesDICTIONARY, a book containing the words of a language alphabetically arranged, with their meanings, etymology, etc
vocabulariesA list of difficult or unfamiliar words with an explanation of their meanings, accompanying a piece of specialist or foreign-language text
vocabularyA list of difficult or unfamiliar words with an explanation of their meanings, accompanying a piece of specialist or foreign-language text
wordbooksA reference book containing lists of words and meanings or other related information
wordplayThe witty exploitation of the meanings and ambiguities of words, esp. in puns
onomasiologythe branch of semantics concerned with the meanings of and meaning relations between individual words
onomasiologiesONOMASIOLOGY, the branch of semantics concerned with the meanings of and meaning relations between individual words
homophonesEach of two or more words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling, e.g., new and knew
homophoneEach of two or more words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling, e.g., new and knew
homonymEach of two or more words having the same spelling but different meanings and origins (e.g., pole1 and pole2); a homograph
homonymsEach of two words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling (e.g., to, too, and two); a homophone
homonymEach of two words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling (e.g., to, too, and two); a homophone
homonymsEach of two or more words having the same spelling but different meanings and origins (e.g., pole1 and pole2); a homograph
doubletsEither of two words of the same historical source, but with two different stages of entry into the language and different resultant meanings, for example fashion and faction, cloak and clock
HOMONYMSWords that are spelled and pronounced the same but have different meanings
thesauribook of words and their synonyms
dictionaryA book that lists the words of a language in alphabetical order and gives their meaning, or that gives the equivalent words in a different language
dictionariesA book that lists the words of a language in alphabetical order and gives their meaning, or that gives the equivalent words in a different language
tropesa. any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense b. instance of this
tropea. any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense b. instance of this