hedging

Questions about hedging

What is another word for hedging?

It depends which hedging you mean. In the sense “any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk; for example, taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change”, the synonyms are hedge. Across all 2 senses there are 1 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of hedging?

WordNet records no antonym for hedging. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Why are the synonyms for hedging split into groups?

Because hedging carries 2 recorded senses and each has its own set of substitutes. A single flat list would put words from unrelated meanings side by side with nothing to tell them apart, which is exactly how a writer picks the wrong one. The grouping comes from WordNet's synsets, not from an editorial judgement of ours.

Where do the synonyms for hedging come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of hedging

• Full entry for hedgingAll 2 senses, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for hedgingWords matching from the last stressed vowel onward, grouped by syllable count.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.