open-source

Questions about open-source

What is the opposite of open-source?

WordNet records no antonym for open-source. 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.

Does this page cover every sense of open-source?

It covers the 0 senses that carry a synonym, antonym, broader or narrower term. The remaining 1 sense has none recorded, so it is left off a thesaurus page and shown in full on the word page instead.

Where do the synonyms for open-source 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.

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• Full entry for open-sourceAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for open-sourceWords matching from the last stressed vowel onward, grouped by syllable count.
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