Dictionary Definition
antithetical adj : sharply contrasted in
character or purpose; "practices entirely antithetical to her
professed beliefs"; "hope is antithetic to despair" [syn: antithetic]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Adjective
- Pertaining to antithesis, or opposition of
words and sentiments; containing, or of the nature of, antithesis;
contrasted.
- His wrong-headed beliefs are antithetical to everything we stand for as a community.
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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