Why it is important?. Do you know your “nyms” ?  Synonym - same

 Synonym - same  Antonym - opposite  Autoantonym – means two things that are opposites  Capitonym – means something different when capitalized  Eponym – a word derived from a name  Heteronym – spelled the same, pronounced different, has a different meaning  Hyponym – a word with a more specific meaning than another  Mononym – a one word name  Meronym
 Resources:  Communication as a Cognitive Science Project   English Idioms Beginning with ‘A’  ms/a.html

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