antithesis

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of ANTITHESIS

something that is as different as possible from something else <true love for another is the antithesis of the desire to control that person's life>

Synonyms antipode, antithesis, contrary, counter, negative, obverse, reverse

Related Words negation; antonym; counterpoint; converse, inverse, mirror image

Near Antonyms synonym; analogue (or analog), counterpart; carbon copy, copy, duplicate, replica

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