semantic fields
Related word groups
Semantic fields are groups of words that cluster around a shared concept.
The semantic field of cooking includes words like sauté, simmer, dice, and julienne.
Color terms form a semantic field, as do kinship words like mother, cousin, and nephew.
Writers and linguists use the concept to analyze how vocabulary organizes experience into related domains.
Also called lexical fields.
Science of vocabulary analysis
- lexicographyCompiling word reference books
- lexiconVocabulary of a language
- vocabularyOne's word collection
- terminologySubject-specific vocabulary
nomenclature · word meaning · denotation · connotation · reference · signification · lexeme · morpheme
Sameness of meaning
- antonymyOpposite-meaning word relationship
- polysemyWord having related meanings
- homonymyIdentical sound, different meanings
- collocationsHabitual word pairings
Area of control
- categoryA class of things
- groupingArrangement by shared traits
- classificationSystematic grouping by traits
- taxonomyScience of categorical arrangement
ontology · hierarchy · network · cluster · prototype · schema · thematic role · word association
lexicology
Science of vocabulary analysis
- lexicographyCompiling word reference books
- lexiconVocabulary of a language
- vocabularyOne's word collection
terminology · nomenclature · word meaning · denotation · connotation · reference · signification · lexeme · morpheme · etymology
synonymy
Sameness of meaning
domain
Area of control
- categoryA class of things
- groupingArrangement by shared traits
- classificationSystematic grouping by traits
taxonomy · ontology · hierarchy · network · cluster · prototype · schema · thematic role · word association
body parts
Corporeal structural elements
- vocabularyword, words, new words, term, terms
- language learningvocabulary lists, lessons, acquisition, basic vocabulary, grammar books
- etymologyword origins, word history, word origin, etymon, root words
- Hebrewaleph, bet, Modern Hebrew, ancient Hebrew, Hebrew alphabet
- lexical setsbody parts, number words, plant names, musical terms, word families
- word studyword origins, word roots, word meaning, word meanings, word formation