polysemy

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the ambiguity of an individual word or phrase that can be used (in different contexts) to express two or more different meanings

Synonyms

lexical ambiguity

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
ambiguity
Opposite (antonyms)
monosemy

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