identity element

Questions about identity element

What is another word for identity element?

It depends which identity element you mean. In the sense “an operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it operates”, the synonyms are identity, identity operator. Across all 1 sense there are 2 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 identity element?

WordNet records no antonym for identity element. 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.

Where do the synonyms for identity element 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 identity element

• Full entry for identity elementAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for identity elementWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.