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ANTIPODE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does antipode mean?
• ANTIPODE (noun)
The noun ANTIPODE has 1 sense:
1. direct opposite
Familiarity information: ANTIPODE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Direct opposite
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Context example:
quiet: an antipode to focused busyness
Hypernyms ("antipode" is a kind of...):
oppositeness; opposition (the relation between opposed entities)
Derivation:
antipodean (relating to the antipodes or situated at opposite sides of the earth)
Context examples
I longed only for what suited me—for the antipodes of the Creole: and I longed vainly.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
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