antipodean

1. 1.

   relating to the antipodes or situated at opposite sides of the earth

   “antipodean latitudes”

   “antipodal regions of the earth”

   “antipodal points on a sphere”

   Synonymsantipodal

Questions about antipodean

What does antipodean mean?

antipodean means "relating to the antipodes or situated at opposite sides of the earth".

How many syllables are in antipodean?

antipodean has 5 syllables: an-ti-po-de-an. The stress falls on "po".

What is another word for antipodean?

Close synonyms include antipodal. 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 antipodean a common word?

antipodean 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.