Antithetical

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Antithetic \An`ti*thet"ic\, Antithetical \An`ti*thet"ic*al\, a.
     [Gr. ?.]
     Pertaining to antithesis, or opposition of words and
     sentiments; containing, or of the nature of, antithesis;
     contrasted.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  antithetical
       adj : sharply contrasted in character or purpose; "practices
             entirely antithetical to her professed beliefs"; "hope
             is antithetic to despair" [syn: {antithetic}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  72 Moby Thesaurus words for "antithetical":
     adversary, adversative, adverse, adversive, alien, antagonistic,
     anti, antipathetic, antipodal, antipodean, antithetic, antonymous,
     at cross-purposes, balancing, clashing, compensating, competitive,
     con, conflicting, confronting, contradictory, contradistinct,
     contrapositive, contrarious, contrary, contrasted, converse,
     counter, counterbalancing, counterpoised, countervailing, cross,
     dead against, disaccordant, discordant, discrepant, dissentient,
     enemy, eyeball to eyeball, eyeball-to-eyeball, facing, fractious,
     hostile, inconsistent, inimical, inverse, negative, noncooperative,
     obstinate, obverse, opponent, opposed, opposing, opposite,
     oppositional, oppositive, oppugnant, overthwart, perverse, polar,
     polaric, polarized, recalcitrant, refractory, repugnant, reverse,
     rival, squared off, uncooperative, unfavorable, unfriendly,
     unpropitious