What are the word records for pseudantonyms (synonyms that appear to be antonyms)?
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What are the word records for pseudantonyms (synonyms that appear to be antonyms)? (Meaning / Synonyms and Antonyms) [ Editor: question framed by the editor from the headings of the Taxonomy of Wordplay. ]
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[ Editor: from the Taxonomy of Wordplay, www.questrel.com, retrieved 28 Oct 2026. Classes (common, uncommon, hyphenated words, phrases), scores, ties (-t) and the source codes in brackets are explained in language/english/word.records.introduction. ] see list "False Antonym Beginning with Each Letter" below False Antonym Beginning with Each Letter ---------------------------------------- a abuse & disabuse b bar & debar c catenate & concatenate d dent & indent e estimable & inestimable f flammable & inflammable g genius & ingenious h habited & inhabited i ? j join & conjoin k ? l loosen & unloosen m merge & immerge n nude & denude o ovoid & obovoid p passive & impassive q quest & inquest r ravel & unravel s scribe & inscribe t tend & intend u ? v valuable & invaluable w weave & inweave x ? y ? z ? record not output: chemical symbols record not output: prime, longest record not output: trigram deletion, longest -- Taxonomy of Wordplay, www.questrel.com