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Noun: indirect antonym
  1. Antonyms whose opposition is mediated (e.g., the antonymy of ‘wet’ and ‘parched’ is mediated by the similarity of ‘parched’ to ‘dry’)
    "'Soaked' and 'parched' could be considered indirect antonyms"

Derived forms: indirect antonyms

Type of: antonym, opposite, opposite word