1. antonyms whose opposition is mediated (e.g., the antonymy of `wet' and `parched' is mediated by the similarity of `parched' to `dry');
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
indirect antonym
n 1: antonyms whose opposition is mediated (e.g., the antonymy
of `wet' and `parched' is mediated by the similarity of
`parched' to `dry')