An
auto-antonym (sometimes spelled
autantonym), or
contronym (also spelled
contranym), is a word with a
homograph (another word of the same spelling) which is also an
antonym (a word with the opposite meaning). An auto-antonym is alternatively called an
antagonym,
Janus word (after
the Roman god),
enantiodrome,
self-antonym,
antilogy, or
addad (Arabic, singular
didd). It is a word with multiple meanings, one of which is defined as the reverse of one of its other meanings. This phenomenon is called
enantiosemy,
enantionymy or
antilogy.