antipathetic

Questions about antipathetic

What does antipathetic mean?

antipathetic means "(usually followed by `to') strongly opposed". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in antipathetic?

antipathetic has 5 syllables: an-ti-pa-the-tic. The stress falls on "the".

What is another word for antipathetic?

Close synonyms include antipathetical, averse, indisposed, loath, loth. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is antipathetic a common word?

antipathetic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.