Lexical record · WordNet measured
gradual improvement or growth or development
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gradual improvement or growth or development
| Term | Cosine | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| progression | 0.1294 | 0.8706 |
| success | 0.1224 | 0.8776 |
| passageway | 0.1219 | 0.8781 |
| pass | 0.1203 | 0.8797 |
| status | 0.1185 | 0.8815 |
| progressed | 0.1165 | 0.8835 |
| logic | 0.1117 | 0.8883 |
| wages | 0.1102 | 0.8898 |
| Term | Cosine | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| progressed | 0.4228 | 0.5772 |
| progression | 0.3361 | 0.6639 |
| advances | 0.2813 | 0.7187 |
| success | 0.2753 | 0.7247 |
| process | 0.2711 | 0.7289 |
| advance | 0.2671 | 0.7329 |
| progressive | 0.2528 | 0.7472 |
| egress | 0.2524 | 0.7476 |
| Term | Cosine | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| progressed | 0.8727 | 0.1273 |
| progression | 0.8206 | 0.1794 |
| progressively | 0.7625 | 0.2375 |
| advance | 0.2038 | 0.7962 |
| progressive | 0.1949 | 0.8051 |
| development | 0.1942 | 0.8058 |
| advancement | 0.1940 | 0.8060 |
| transition | 0.1937 | 0.8063 |
Similarity is distributional, not a dictionary synonym label. High similarity can occur between antonyms because they occupy similar contextual environments.
| Term | Cosine | Polarity Δ | Score | Relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| retreat | 0.0732 | 0.0166 | 0.05 | weak opposition |
| Term | Cosine | Polarity Δ | Score | Relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| retreat | 0.0947 | 0.0495 | 0.10 | weak opposition |
| Term | Cosine | Polarity Δ | Score | Relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| retreat | 0.0912 | 0.0052 | 0.05 | weak opposition |
Seeds are WordNet antonyms, ranked by embedding geometry. Opposition is never inferred from cosine distance alone: antonyms sit close, not far.
| Model | Tokens | Pieces |
|---|---|---|
| DeepSeek V3 | 1 | progress |
| Mistral 7B | 1 | progress |
| Qwen3 8B | 1 | progress |
| Synset | POS | Definition | Lemmas |
|---|---|---|---|
| advancement.n.03 | noun | gradual improvement or growth or development | advancement |
| progress.n.02 | noun | the act of moving forward (as toward a goal) | progression, procession, advance, advancement, forward motion, onward motion |
| progress.n.03 | noun | a movement forward | progression, advance |
| progress.v.01 | verb | develop in a positive way | come on, come along, advance, get on, get along, shape up |
| advance.v.01 | verb | move forward, also in the metaphorical sense | advance, pass on, move on, march on, go on |
| build_up.v.02 | verb | form or accumulate steadily | build up, work up, build |