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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 personʼs life
Synonyms of antithesis

antipode, contrary, counter, negative, obverse, opposite, reverse
Words Related to antithesis

negation

antonym

counterpoint

converse, inverse, mirror image
Near Antonyms of antithesis

synonym

analogue (or analog), counterpart

carbon copy, copy, duplicate, replica

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