diff --git a/PyDictionary/core.py b/PyDictionary/core.py
index e63d8dc..b19a1d2 100644
--- a/PyDictionary/core.py
+++ b/PyDictionary/core.py
@@ -94,12 +94,12 @@ def getAntonyms(self, formatted=True):
         return [self.antonym(term, formatted) for term in self.args]
 
     @staticmethod
-    def antonym(word, formatted=False):
-        if len(word.split()) > 1:
+    def antonym(term, formatted=False):
+        if len(term.split()) > 1:
             print("Error: A Term must be only a single word")
         else:
             try:
-                data = _get_soup_object("http://www.thesaurus.com/browse/{0}".format(word))
+                data = _get_soup_object("http://www.thesaurus.com/browse/{0}".format(term))
                 terms = data.select("section.antonyms")[0].findAll("li")
                 if len(terms) > 5:
                     terms = terms[:5:]
@@ -107,10 +107,10 @@ def antonym(word, formatted=False):
                 for t in terms:
                     li.append(t.select("span.text")[0].getText())
                 if formatted:
-                    return {word: li}
+                    return {term: li}
                 return li
             except:
-                print("{0} has no Antonyms in the API".format(word))
+                print("{0} has no Antonyms in the API".format(term))
 
     @staticmethod
     def meaning(term, disable_errors=False):