antithetical
Adjective Satellite
- sharply contrasted in character or purpose
- "practices entirely antithetical to her professed beliefs"
Adj
- Pertaining to antithesis, or opposition of words and sentiments; containing, or of the nature of, antithesis; contrasted.
Examples
- His wrong-headed beliefs are antithetical to everything we stand for as a community.
- This is precisely why insistence on relative truth is antithetical to critical thinking.
Origin / Etymology
From Latin antitheticus + -al.
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 17
antithetical: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordantithetical: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
antithetical: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 19
antithetical: valid Words With Friends Word