Synonyms of antipodal

antipodal

adjective

an-ˈti-pə-dᵊl 

as in contradictory

being as different as possible

love is antipodal to hate

Synonyms & Similar Words

• contradictory
• opposite
• contrary
• antithetical
• polar
• diametric
• antipodean
• unfavorable
• divergent
• hostile
• negative
• antagonistic
• adverse
• counter
• cross
• unlike
• dissimilar
• alien
• disparate
• reverse
• antipathetic
• inverse
• obverse
• converse
• unalike

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• similar
• analogous
• same
• like
• noncontradictory
• equivalent
• identical
• synonymous
• alike

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of antipodal

Today, even after seven decades of technological improvements, these antipodal routes still require at least one stopover in hubs such as Singapore, Dubai, Los Angeles, or Dallas. — David Szondy june 02, New Atlas, 2 June 2026

These aren’t the only reasons Americans have renewed excitement about this antipodal safe haven. — Christopher Cameron, Robb Report, 11 Sep. 2025

The requirements call for at least 18,000 miles of bicycling and for riders to cross two antipodal points — in Wilcox's case, Madrid, Spain, and Wellington, New Zealand. — Scott Detrow, NPR, 18 Sep. 2024

But the realities of the stage did not match the ideals of his imagination until his encounter with the work of the man who, by any other standards, would have seemed his antipodal foil. — Jesse Green, New York Times, 28 Nov. 2023

These two antipodal scenarios hold distinct implications for where Io’s volcanism ultimately emerges on the moon’s surface. — Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 20 Nov. 2023

Morris intervenes both too little and too much, but the movie somehow still hits a sweet spot in the happy medium of those antipodal failings. — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2023

That leaves us with just the upper semicircle and two antipodal points — one at each end of the semicircle. — Steve Nadis, Quanta Magazine, 24 Jan. 2023

As a leader, Hankin was antipodal to Schulman in almost every respect. — Ariel Bleicher, IEEE Spectrum, 20 Mar. 2013