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Synonyms and antonyms of the word: OED

Synonyms:

Synonyms that are in the dictionary are marked in green. Synonyms that are not in the dictionary are marked in red.

Antonyms:

Antonyms that are in the dictionary are marked in green. Antonyms that are not in the dictionary are marked in red.

Usage examples:

His landmark work in 2020 saw Nigerian-English words such as "sef", "ember months", "next tomorrow" and "danfo" introduced to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED).

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The rest of her day was spent preparing words for the OED.

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The year in which James Murray started editing the OED, 1879 also saw the coining of the word xenomaniac, someone with an insane fancy for foreigners.

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