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antithetic

antithetic adjective: diametrically opposed. Also the ellipsis of antithetic variate.

Adjective

antithetic (comparative more antithetic, superlative most antithetic)

  1. Diametrically opposed.
  2. Synonym of antithetical.
    Synonyms:
    antithetical

Also used as

antithetic is also the ellipsis of antithetic variate.

Synonyms of antithetic

Forms of antithetic

Adjective
comparativemore antithetic
superlativemost antithetic
Noun
pluralantithetics

Origin of antithetic

Borrowed from Latin antitheticus.

Words formed from antithetic

Questions about antithetic

What does antithetic mean?
Antithetic means diametrically opposed.
What part of speech is antithetic?
Antithetic is an adjective.

Words near antithetic in the dictionary

  1. antithesized
  2. antithesizes
  3. antithesizing
  4. antithet
  5. antitheta
  6. antithetic
  7. antithetical
  8. antitheticalities
  9. antitheticality
  10. antithetically
  11. antitheticalness

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