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View synonyms for antipode

antipode

[ an-ti-pohd ]

noun

  1. a direct or exact opposite.


antipode

/ ˈæntɪpəʊd /

noun

  1. the exact or direct opposite
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of antipode1

First recorded in 1540–50; back formation from antipodes
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Example Sentences

At campaign stops, Democratic Sen. Raphael G. Warnock often reminds his Georgia constituents of the time he joined forces with his ideological antipode, Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas.

These two locales — one urban, one rural — would form the antipodes of his work.

The news from the antipodes helped provide direction to markets that had been drifting ahead of the release of minutes of the U.S.

From Reuters

Burrow left Ohio State after three seasons, unable to beat out Dwayne Haskins for the Buckeyes’ starting job, leaving the Midwest for its cultural antipode, the Cajun country of Louisiana.

If “The Collision” is more enamored with its quirks than with cohesive storytelling, then “The Martyrdom” is its antipode, a play so procedural that it leaves little space for strangeness and wonder.

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