What are semantic relationships - VIDEOS + EXAMPLES!

Words in any language do not usually appear in isolation. Although each of them has meaning on its own, they are always fixed with a relation to other words of the same language. In this lesson from a TEACHER we will see what are semantic relationships with examples so that you can know first hand what these relationships are and know how to identify them in a text.

Words are not expressed in isolation, In other words, they establish a relationship with each other to enrich the language. In order to establish this relationship, it is necessary to meet different criteria. In this case we are going to see what the meaning relationships that are established between the different words. We can find the following relationships:

• Antonymy
• Semantic field
• Homonymy
• Polysemy
• Synonymy

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The semantic relationship of antonymy between the different words occurs when two or more of them present a opposite meaning. Here are some examples of this:

• Cold hot.
• Open close.
• Break: fix.
• Do: undo.
• Clean: dirty.
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• Laugh cry.
• Remember: forget.
• Black White.
• High Low.
• Old: young.
• Near far.
• Up and down.
• Early afternoon.
• Reject: accept.
• Live, die.
• Active passive.
• Funny: boring.
• Sunny cloudy.
• Sleeping Awake.
• Sew: unstitch.
• Lose weight: gain weight.
• Join: separate.
• Suitable: inappropriate.
• Perfect: imperfect.
• Plausible: implausible.
• Conscious: Unconscious.

We continue listing the different semantic relationships talking about the semantic field. This relationship occurs when two or more words that are different from each other are related by meaning. That is, they all belong to the same semantic field. These words must always be included in the same grammatical category. To better understand this explanation, it will be necessary to provide a series of examples, we are going to see them:

• Semantic field of transport: car, truck, motorcycle, bicycle, bus, plane, boat, train, scooter... etc.
• Semantic field of months of the year: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December.
• Semantic field of seasons: spring Summer Fall Winter.
• Semantic field of clothing: pants, coat, socks, shirt, skirt, dress, shoes, tie, jacket, blouse... etc.
• Semantic field of furniture: table, chair, sofa, wardrobe, bed, armchair, worktop, door... etc.
• Semantic field of the computing: mouse, keyboard, computer, software, hardware, program, camera, microphone, speaker, screen... etc.
• Semantic field of the kitchen: casserole, spoon, refrigerator, dishwasher, spoon, fork, knife, napkin, glass, coasters, crockery, saucepan, frying pan, pot... etc.
• Semantic field of the education: student, teacher, blackboard, book, pencil, backpack, case, eraser, notebook, folder, pencil sharpener, pen, marker, paint... etc.

This semantic relationship occurs when two words that have different meanings are pronounced in the same way. They occur when the words come from two different grammar families. Let's see some homonymy examples placed in a sentence:

• My mother wine early from work.
• The couple at the back table has asked wine for dinner.
• The cut Spanish was for many centuries itinerant.
• cut along the dotted line.
• Left the eat after 2 months.
• You must know how to place the eat in this sentence.
• The company had a capital very high.
• They went on a trip to the capital to celebrate his birthday.
• They had a appointment Very romantic.
• In his book appointment his work repeatedly.

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Synonymy is the phenomenon that occurs when two or more words that are different in terms of writing and pronunciation, but that nevertheless have the same same meaning. Let's see some synonyms for words:

• Happy: happy, happy.
• Count: narrate, relate.
• Finish: finish, finish.
• Harmony: Calm, tranquility.
• Glasses: glasses.
• Bonito: beautiful, beautiful.
• Hair.
• Hiking path.
• Punish: punish, admonish.
• Understand.
• Destroy: break, eliminate, destroy.
• Room.
• Master teacher.
• Student: ward, student.
• Driver.
• Musician: performer.
• Strong: robust, stocky.
• Computer: laptop, PC.
• Pardon: sorry.
• Warn: warn.
• Award: award.

We hope that with this article on what are semantic relationships with examples you have been able to learn to identify and know them. In our grammar and linguistics section you can find more lessons similar to this so that you can continue to increase your knowledge in Spanish language. Do you dare to continue learning?

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