'antithetical' definitions:
Definition of 'antithetical'
From: WordNet
adjective
Sharply contrasted in character or purpose; "practices entirely antithetical to her professed beliefs"; "hope is antithetic to despair" [syn: antithetic, antithetical]
Synonyms of 'antithetical'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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