{"id":4130,"date":"2022-12-29T18:34:51","date_gmt":"2022-12-29T18:34:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/?p=4130"},"modified":"2024-08-27T05:31:32","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T05:31:32","slug":"what-is-a-contranym","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/writing\/what-is-a-contranym","title":{"rendered":"What is a contranym?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"main-content\" data-grid=\"col-12\">\n<p class=\"c-paragraph-3\">You may already use contranyms without realizing it. Contranyms are common to use because they\u2019re regular, everyday words that have multiple meanings. 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Contranyms are different from other word pairings you might be familiar with, like antonyms and synonyms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4128,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[27],"class_list":["post-4130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-writing","tag-writing"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.10 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What is a contranym? \u2013 Microsoft 365<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn the definition of a contranym and how to use one when you write. 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