antithetical

1. 1.

   sharply contrasted in character or purpose

   “practices entirely antithetical to her professed beliefs”

   “hope is antithetic to despair”

   Synonymsantithetic

   Similardifferent

Questions about antithetical

What does antithetical mean?

antithetical means "sharply contrasted in character or purpose".

How many syllables are in antithetical?

antithetical has 5 syllables: an-ti-thet-i-cal. The stress falls on "thet". In IPA it is /ˌæntəˈθɛtɪkəl/.

What is another word for antithetical?

Close synonyms include antithetic. 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.