Semantics

• Connotations


  The idea or feelings invoked from a word, alongside its literal meaning
• Denotation


  The literal meaning of a word
• Loaded Language


  Words that carry strong connotations that are mostly agreed upon
• Synonyms


  Words that have similar meanings to one another
• Antonyms


  Words that opposite meanings to one another
• Hypernyms


  A word with a broad meaning, that creates a category for words with more specific meanings
• Hyponyms


  Words with more specific meanings that fall into hypernyms
• Euphemism


  Words which substitute mild or vague language used to soften words used to describe taboo topics
• Dysphemism


  Words used to describe taboo topics that are not usually socially exceptable
• Semantic Fields


  A collection of words related by their topic
• Amelioration


  Words that change meaning overtime to become more positive
• Pejoration 


  Words that change meaning overtime to become more negative