I’ve been interested in word gradients for a long time and wanted to start a log of them since I can’t find them anywhere. Maybe they do exist somewhere. If they do, please let me know. I know there are some kinds for writing about emotions, so those will be good to add in at some time. Let me know if you know of some. Send them to me on Twitter for now.

Word Gradients or Conceptual Gradients are concepts that start with a low amount of something and go in a direction of getting more of something in some kind of domain.

Some of the concepts will go off in many directions as they fit into multiple conceptual domains. Those will have Relative Opposites.

WORD GRADIENTS

Simple -> Complex

Easy -> Difficult

Basic -> Intermediate -> Advanced

Beginner -> Novice -> Expert

Easy -> Medium -> Hard -> Expert

Cold -> Cool -> Tepid -> Warm -> Hot

Undefined -> Finite -> Indefinite -> Infinite

Negative -> Positive

Nominal -> Ordinal -> Interval -> Ratio

Nothing -> Something -> Everything

None -> One -> Couple -> Few -> Many

None -> Some -> Most -> All

Tiny -> Small -> Big -> Large -> Huge -> Massive -> Gigantic | Titanic?

Pebble -> Stone -> Rock -> Boulder

Pile -> (mole?) Hill -> Mountain

Dislike -> Indifferent -> Like

Income -> Outgo

X sensitive -> insensitive -> X resistant

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Notes for future additions:

Game difficulty levels: https://www.gameontology.com/index.php/Difficulty_Levels

Emotional Spectrum Gradients: https://www.google.com/search?q=emotional+spectrum+wheel