Dictionary

antipode en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈæn.tɪ.poʊd/

Etymology

Back-formation from antipodes.

Meanings

1. Something directly opposite or diametrically opposed.
   • The very Reverse of a Wit. The Antipode of Sense. 1704, David Crawford, Love at First Sight: A Comedy, London: R. Basset, page 58:
   • In many ways, Memphis was the antipode of Boston. 2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 167:
   • A Mexican diligence is fmilar(sic) to an American post coach or mail stage, and a stranger from the United States, taking his seat in one of them, while all else around him is nearly the antipodes of what he has been accustomed to, feels old sensations revive, as he once more finds something that looks like home. 1847, editorial staff, “A Mexican Diligence”, in Scientific American, series 1, Volume 3, Issue 10, page 74:
2. The place on the diametrically opposite side of the earth from a given point.

Forms

Deriveds

antipodean · antipodic · antipodal

Relateds

antimeridian

Synonyms

antipous

Translations (25)

ka ანტიპოდი (something directly opposite) · sh antipod (something directly opposite) · ca antípoda (something directly opposite) · eo antipodo (something directly opposite) · ja 真逆 (something directly opposite) · no rak motsetning (something directly opposite) · es antípoda (something directly opposite) · zza antipot (something directly opposite) · cmn 對蹠點 /对蹠点 (something directly opposite) · pt antípoda (something directly opposite) · ja 対蹠 (something directly opposite) · pl antypody (something directly opposite) · tr antipot (something directly opposite) · sv diametral motsats (something directly opposite) · no rak motsats (something directly opposite) · fi antipodi (something directly opposite) · no diametral motsats (something directly opposite) · hy հակոտնյա (something directly opposite) · ja 正反対 (something directly opposite) · el αντίποδας (something directly opposite) · no diametral motsetning (something directly opposite) · de Antipode (something directly opposite) · ru антипо́д (something directly opposite) · ja 対極 (something directly opposite) · sv antipod (something directly opposite)