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antipodian

antipodian is the alternative form of antipodean.

Meaning of antipodean

Adjective

antipodean (not comparable)

  1. Diametrically opposed.
  2. Relating to the antipodes, or situated at opposite sides of the Earth.
  3. (informal) Of, or pertaining to, Australia or New Zealand.
    • So there is a certain sense of achievement just in arriving in Australia—a pleasure and satisfaction to be able to step from the airport terminal into dazzling antipodean sunshine[…]2000, Bill Bryson, In a Sunburned Country, pages 10–11

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Forms of antipodian

pluralantipodians

Questions about antipodian

What is antipodian the alternative form of?
Antipodian is the alternative form of antipodean.

Words near antipodian in the dictionary

  1. antipodals
  2. antipode
  3. antipodean
  4. antipodeans
  5. antipodes
  6. antipodian
  7. antipodians
  8. antipodic
  9. antipodicity
  10. antipodism
  11. antipodist

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Adapted from Wiktionary: antipodian (page history and authors); antipodean (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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