Lexical Relations

1-Kinship

Kinship is the relationship between people created by marriage, birth, adoption,
blood ties, or other rituals.

Example:
– Harold is Alice’s father.
· Harold father- of Alice

2- Hyponymy

A hyponym is the relationship between expressions in which the meaning of one
expression is included in the meaning of the other.
Example
– 1a. apple is a fruit.

 

3- Synonymy
Synonyms are different phonological words which have the same or very similar meanings.
Couch/sofa    large/big    lawyer/attorney

 

4- Antonymy: Antonyms are words which are opposite in meaning.
Examples: old/new   big/small