You're about to stumble into the looking-glass world of contronyms—words that are their own antonyms.

English is filled with words that have reverse or opposite meanings, depending on the context. Here's what you need to know about contronyms.

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Contranyms, or Janus words, are words with two opposite meanings, depending on the context in which they're used. Also known as antagonyms or auto-antonyms, these interesting words, of which there ...

We've stumbled into the looking-glass world of "contronyms" — words that are their own antonyms.

Contronyms, also known as Janus words or autoantonyms, are words that can mean opposite things. Example include dust and weather. Find out more with BBC Bitesize.

They’re called “contronyms” or, less elegantly, “auto-antonyms.” They’re words that are their own antonyms—that mean one thing and a polar-opposite thing at the same time—and they ...

To find synonyms and antonyms for words, you can use a thesaurus. A thesaurus is a book which lists groups of words with a similar meaning (synonyms), and also their opposite (antonyms).