antipodes

¹

[ an-tip-uh-deez ]

plural noun

1. places diametrically opposite each other on the globe.
2. those who dwell there.

Antipodes

²

[ an-tip-uh-deez ]

noun

, (used with a plural verb)

1. a group of islands SE of and belonging to New Zealand. 24 sq. mi. (62 sq. km).

antipodes

/ ænˌtɪpəˈdiːən; ænˈtɪpəˌdiːz /

plural noun

1. either or both of two points, places, or regions that are situated diametrically opposite to one another on the earth's surface, esp the country or region opposite one's own
2. the people who live there
3. the antipodes
   the antipodes often capital Australia and New Zealand
4. sometimes functioning as singular the exact or direct opposite

antipodes

/ ăn-tĭp′ə-dēz′ /

1. Two places on directly opposite sides of the Earth, such as the North Pole and the South Pole.

antipodes

1. Two places on the globe that are exactly opposite each other; for example, the North Pole and South Pole .

Derived Forms

• antipodean, adjectivenoun

Other Words From

• an·tip·o·de·an [an-tip-, uh, -, dee, -, uh, n], adjective noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of antipodes¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Latin, from Greek (hoi) antípodes literally, “(those) with the feet opposite,” (plural of antípous ), equivalent to anti- “against, opposite” + -podes, nominative plural of poûs “foot”; foot

Word History and Origins

Origin of antipodes¹

C16: via Late Latin from Greek, plural of antipous having the feet opposite, from anti- + pous foot

Example Sentences

I am out of conceit with England just now; and would far rather have gone to the Antipodes.

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The voyage was much longer than a voyage to the Antipodes now is; and the adventurers suffered much.

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Alexander had chosen an envoy who was the very antipodes of the adroit and elegant Caulaincourt.

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Here we are in his house; and he driven away to lay his sly old bones at the Antipodes.

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The Countess had in the course of time poetized, as I may say, a thing which is at the antipodes to poetry—a manufacture.

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