Antonym Growth Report
The growth and different category distribution is summarized as below. The source of this stats data is ${ANT_DIR}/0.Antonym/{$YEAR}/output/analysis/antonyms.data.stats.
I. Antonym Table Growth with Source Distribution
| Year | Total | Source | Notes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEXICON | SuffixD | PrefixD | Collocates | Semantics | |||
| 2025 | 13,076 | 94 (0.7189%) | 450 (3.4414%) | 5,170 (39.5381%) | 932 (7.1276%) | 6,430 (49.1741%) |
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| 2024 | 9,070 | 94 (1.0364%) | 444 (4.8953%) | 5,166 (56.9570%) | 874 (9.6362%) | 2,492 (27.4752%) |
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| 2023 | 7,650 | 94 (1.2288%) | 356 (4.6536%) | 5,162 (67.4771%) | 784 (10.2484%) | 1,254 (16.3922%) |
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| 2022 | 6,356 | 94 (1.4789%) | 260 (4.0906%) | 4,256 (66.9604%) | 658 (10.3524%) | 1,088 (17.1177%) |
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II. POS Distribution
| Year | Adj | Noun | Verb | Adv | Pron | Modal | Prep | Aux | Det | Conj | Compl |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7,030 (53.7626%) | 3,378 (25.8336%) | 1,644 (12.5727%) | 908 (6.9440%) | 30 (0.2294%) | 26 (0.1988%) | 24 (0.1835%) | 20 (0.1530%) | 10 (0.0765%) | 6 (0.0459%) | 0 (0.0000%) |
| 2024 | 5,704 (62.8886%) | 1,938 (21.3671%) | 950 (10.4741%) | 362 (3.9912%) | 30 (0.3308%) | 26 (0.2867%) | 24 (0.2646%) | 20 (0.2205%) | 10 (0.1103%) | 6 (0.0662%) | 0 (0.0000%) |
| 2023 | 5,054 (66.0654%) | 1,544 (20.1830%) | 734 (9.5948%) | 202 (2.6405%) | 30 (0.3922%) | 26 (0.3399%) | 24 (0.3137%) | 20 (0.2614%) | 10 (0.1307%) | 6 (0.0784%) | 0 (0.0000%) |
| 2022 | 4,244 (66.7716%) | 1,166 (18.3449%) | 686 (10.7930%) | 144 (2.2656%) | 30 (0.4720%) | 26 (0.4091%) | 24 (0.3776%) | 20 (0.3147%) | 10 (0.1573%) | 6 (0.0944%) | 0 (0.0000%) |
III. Type Distribution
| Year | Bounded | Unbounded | Asymmetric Bounded | NA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5,670 (43.3619%) | 6,936 (53.0437%) | 470 (3.5944%) | 0 (0.0000%) |
| 2024 | 4,434 (48.8864%) | 4,238 (46.7255%) | 398 (4.3881%) | 0 (0.0000%) |
| 2023 | 3,906 (51.0588%) | 3,404 (44.4967%) | 340 (4.4444%) | 0 (0.0000%) |
| 2022 | 3,136 (49.3392%) | 2,900 (45.6262%) | 320 (5.0346%) | 0 (0.0000%) |
IV. Negation Distribution
| Year | Strict Negative | Broadly Negative | Otherwise (not negative) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 140 (1.0707%) | 714 (5.4604%) | 12,222 (93.4690%) |
| 2024 | 138 (1.5215%) | 600 (6.6152%) | 8,332 (91.8633%) |
| 2023 | 128 (1.6732%) | 470 (6.1438%) | 7,052 (92.1830%) |
| 2022 | 124 (1.9509%) | 312 (4.9087%) | 5,920 (93.1403%) |
| Year | existence | frequency | location | physical property | possibility | quality | quantity | role | size | temperature | temporal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 340 (2.6002%) | 110 (0.8412%) | 1008 (7.7088%) | 440 (3.3649%) | 258 (1.9731%) | 9,800 (74.9465%) | 254 (1.9425%) | 78 (0.5965%) | 232 (1.7742%) | 52 (0.3977%) | 504 (3.8544%) |
| 2024 | 310 (3.4179%) | 74 (0.8159%) | 706 (7.7839%) | 272 (2.9989%) | 142 (1.5656%) | 6,824 (75.2370%) | 202 (2.2271%) | 24 (0.2646%) | 138 (1.5215%) | 34 (0.3749%) | 344 (3.7927%) |
| 2023 | 266 (3.4771%) | 72 (0.9412%) | 552 (7.2157%) | 224 (2.9281%) | 102 (1.3333%) | 5,852 (76.4967%) | 182 (2.3791%) | 12 (0.1569%) | 114 (1.4902%) | 28 (0.3660%) | 246 (3.2157%) |
| 2022 | 246 (3.8704%) | 64 (1.0069%) | 466 (7.3317%) | 148 (2.3285%) | 98 (1.5419%) | 4,848 (76.2744%) | 164 (2.5802%) | 0 (0.0000%) | 94 (1.4789%) | 28 (0.4405%) | 200 (3.1466%) |