- Types Of Speech
- You can use oxymoron as a noun in a sentence.
- About Oxymoron
- A 4 syllables noun and 8 letters with the letters m, n, o, r, x, and y, 5 consonants, 3 vowels and 4 syllables with the middle letters mo. Oxymoron starts with a vowel and ends in a consonant with the starting letters o, ox, oxy, oxym, oxymo, and the ending characters are n, on, ron, oron, moron, ..
- Definition
- Conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence'')
- Origin/Roots
- Latin
- Pig Latin
- Oxymoron in Pig Latin is said as "oxymoronay or oxymoronway".
- Unigram
- o | x | y | m | o | r | o | n
- Bigram
- ox | xy | ym | mo | or | ro | on
- Trigram
- oxy | xym | ymo | mor | oro | ron
- Quadrigram
- oxym | xymo | ymor | moro | oron
- Word Gram
Synonym | Definition |
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Absurdity | a ludicrous folly "the crowd laughed at the absurdity of the clown''s behavior" |
Amaze | be a mystery or bewildering to "This beats me!" "Got me--I don''t know the answer!" "a vexing problem" "This question really stuck me" |
Ambiguity | unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning |
Ambivalence | mixed feelings or emotions |
Ambivalency | mixed feelings or emotions |
Antinomy | a contradiction between two statements that seem equally reasonable |
Asymmetry | (mathematics) a lack of symmetry |
Baffle | a flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy |
Beat | the act of beating to windward sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing |
Bewilder | be a mystery or bewildering to "This beats me!" "Got me--I don''t know the answer!" "a vexing problem" "This question really stuck me" |
View all cognitive synonyms for Oxymoron
Anagram | Definition |
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Oxymoron | conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence'') |
View English words with the unique letters used in oxymoron. Words With The Letters Mnorxy
Word | Definition |
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Figure | a predetermined set of movements in dancing or skating "she made the best score on compulsory figures" |
Figure Of Speech | |
Image | a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture) "the coin bears an effigy of Lincoln" "the emperor''s tomb had his image carved in stone" |
Trope | language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense |
Oxymoron Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With O
- Ends With N
- Spelled With / Contains Letters