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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

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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.

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

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

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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.

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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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