About The Word Oxymoron
Learn about the word Oxymoron to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Oxymoron definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Oxymoron
| Oxymoron Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Oxymoron?
[n] conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence')
Synonyms | Synonyms for Oxymoron: Related Terms | Find terms related to Oxymoron: absurdity | ambiguity | ambivalence | antinomy | asymmetry | crux | dilemma | disproportion | disproportionateness | enigma | equivocality | equivocation | Gordian knot | heresy | heterodoxy | heterogeneity | hopelessness | impossibility | impossible | impossibleness | incoherence | incommensurability | incompatibility | inconceivability | incongruity | inconsistency | inconsonance | irony | irreconcilability | knot | knotty point | no chance | node | nodus | nonconformability | nonconformity | nonplus | paradox | perplexity | pons asinorum | poser | puzzle | quandary | self-contradiction | teaser | the impossible | unconformability | unconformity | unimaginability | unorthodoxy | unthinkability | vexed question | what cannot be | what cannot happen See Also | figure | figure of speech | image | trope Oxymoron In Webster's Dictionary \Ox`y*mo"ron\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ???, fr. ??? pointedly
foolish; ??? sharp + ??? foolish.] (Rhet.)
A figure in which an epithet of a contrary signification is
added to a word; e. g., cruel kindness; laborious idleness.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Ending ‐ the act of ending something; "the termination of the agreement"…
- Amoxicillin ‐ an antibiotic (a semisynthetic oral penicillin (trade names Amoxil…
- Legitimatize ‐ make legal; "Marijuana should be…
- Lock up ‐ place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone…
- Bumble ‐ speak haltingly [v] walk unsteadily [v] make a mess of, destroy…
- Perca flavescens ‐ North…
- Chlamys ‐ a short mantle or cape fastened at the shoulder; worn by men…
- Capital of laos ‐ the capital and largest…
- Genus chaetodon ‐ type genus of the…
- Noncompliant ‐ a person who refuses to comply [adj] boldly resisting authority…