antipodes

nounopposite

Synonyms for antipodes

noun opposite

Antonyms for antipodes

same

Word Origin & History

late 14c., "persons who dwell on the opposite side of the globe;" 1540s as "place on the opposite side of the earth," from Latin antipodes "those who dwell on the opposite side of the earth," from Greek antipodes, plural of antipous "with feet opposite (ours)," from anti- "opposite" (see anti-) + pous "foot" (see foot (n.)); thus, people who live on the opposite side of the world.

Not to be confused with antiscii "those who live on the same meridian on opposite side of the equator," whose shadows fall at noon in the opposite direction, from Greek anti- + skia "shadow." Related: Antipodal (adj.); antipodean (1630s, n.; 1650s, adj.).

Example Sentences for antipodes

Opposite neighbors, and as far removed as if we had lived at the antipodes.

Was it not generally believed in former times, that there were no antipodes?

John Feversham, the nephew, was almost the antipodes of his uncle.

A spirit whispered the news to Sir Francis, who was at the Antipodes.

The Spanish clergy declared that the theory of the antipodes was hostile to the faith.

Indeed, Victoria is only another England, with a difference, at the Antipodes.

New York was fifty miles away, physically and morally at the antipodes.

Sometimes, as in The Antipodes, there is an attempt at satire and comedy with a purpose.

The Dingley tariff is not to be transferred to the antipodes.

Consequently, some think that Manila is the antipodes of Sevilla.

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