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antipodes

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Noun Plural
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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun antipodes has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

antipodesn. [L. pl., fr. Gr. with the feet opposite, pl. ; against + , , foot.].
  •  Those who live on the side of the globe diametrically opposite.  [1913 Webster]
  •  The country of those who live on the opposite side of the globe.  Latham.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Anything exactly opposite or contrary.  [1913 Webster]
    "Can there be a greater contrariety unto Christ's judgment, a more perfect antipodes to all that hath hitherto been gospel?"  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

antipodes, n.pl.
1 a (also Antipodes) a place diametrically opposite to another, esp. Australasia as the region on the opposite side of the earth to Europe. b places diametrically opposite to each other.
2 (usu. foll. by of, to) the exact opposite.

Derivative
antipodal adj. antipodean adj. & n.
Etymology
F or LL f. Gk antipodes having the feet opposite (as ANTI-, pous podos foot)

THESAURUS

antipodes

Africa, America, Asia, Asia Major, Asia Minor, Australasia, East, Eastern Hemisphere, Eurasia, Europe, Far East, Levant, Middle East, Near East, New World, Occident, Oceania, Old World, Orient, West, Western Hemisphere, continent, down under, eastland, landmass, the old country

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antipodes

Distance

N distance, space, remoteness, farness, far- cry to, longinquity, elongation, offing, background, remote region, removedness, parallax, reach, span, stride, outpost, outskirt, horizon, aphelion, foreign parts, ultima Thule, ne plus ultra, antipodes, long range, giant's stride, dispersion, length, cosmic distance, light-years, distant, far off, far away, remote, telescopic, distal, wide of, stretching to, yon, yonder, ulterior, transmarine, transpontine, transatlantic, transalpine, tramontane, ultramontane, ultramundane, hyperborean, antipodean, inaccessible, out of the way, unapproached, unapproachable, incontiguous, far off, far away, afar, afar off, off, away, a long way off, a great way off, a good way off, wide away, aloof, wide of, clear of, out of the way, out of reach, abroad, yonder, farther, further, beyond, outre mer, over the border, far and wide, over the hills and far away, from pole to pole, to the uttermost parts, to the ends of the earth, out of hearing, nobody knows where, a perte de vue, out of the sphere of, wide of the mark, a far cry to, apart, asunder, wide apart, wide asunder, longo intervallo, at arm's length, distance lends enchantment, it's a long long way to Tipperary, out of sight, out of mind.

Contraposition

N contraposition, opposition, polarity, inversion, opposite side, reverse, inverse, counterpart, antipodes, opposite poles, North and South, antonym, opposite (contrariety), opposite, reverse, inverse, converse, antipodal, subcontrary, fronting, facing, diametrically opposite, Northern, septentrional, Boreal, arctic, Southern, Austral, antarctic, over, over the way, over against, against, face to face, vis-a- vis, as poles asunder.

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