antitype
Plural: antitypes
Noun
- An event or person foreshadowed by an earlier type or symbol.
- a person or thing represented or foreshadowed by a type or symbol; especially a figure in the Old Testament having a counterpart in the New Testament
- an opposite or contrasting type
- Something that is symbolized or represented by a type, such as Christ by the Paschal Lamb; the fulfillment of a type.
- A type that represents the opposite or antagonist of another type.
Examples
- His sloppy first move was the antitype of the masterful endgame he later played.
Origin / Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀντίτυπος (antítupos).
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 13
antitype: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordantitype: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
antitype: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 14
antitype: valid Words With Friends Word