Streszczenie
The present paper considers the antonymous and synonymous relations that can be observed in
the literary texts of A. Tchekhov with regard to the paradigm with the dominant of radostʼ – gorie. In
the paradigm in question the first lexeme appears in antonymous relations with the other 11 lexical
units: skorbʼ, grustʼ, pechalʼ, muka, stradanije, bolʼ, skuka, toska, dosada, otchajanie, uzhas. The
units quoted above are synonymously connected, even though they refer to different synonymous
groups. Such determined the synonymy demands a description of differences between the opposites.
The differences can be more emphasized as a result of seme analysis that aims at relating semes to
particular units in the paradigm.
The antonymous and synonymous connections presented in the paper can be recognized as
a specific kind of the writer’s speech since to a considerable degree they shape the Tchekhov’s style.