Antitheses - English meaning

Antitheses – definitions in English dictionary

noun
A person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else.
Usage examples:
Love is the antithesis of selfishness
Synonims:
(direct) oppositeConverseReverseReversalInverseObverseThe other extremeThe other side of the coinThe flip side
noun
(in hegelian philosophy) the negation of the thesis as the second stage in the process of dialectical reasoning.
Usage examples:
It is also to be noted that the dialectical process is not simply from thesis and antithesis to fin…

Plural of antithesis

Antitheses translation into English

Antitheses: translate from English into Chinese

对立

Antitheses: translate from English into Dutch

Tegenstellingen

Antitheses: translate from English into French

Antithèses

Antitheses: translate from English into German

Antithesen

Antitheses: translate from English into Hindi

विरोधी

Antitheses: translate from English into Italian

Antitesi

Antitheses: translate from English into Korean

대조

Antitheses: translate from English into Russian

Антитезы

Antitheses: translate from English into Spanish

Antítesis

Word origin

late Middle English (originally denoting the substitution of one grammatical case for another): from late Latin, from Greek antitithenai ‘set against’, from anti ‘against’ + tithenai ‘to plac

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Antitheses synonims

converse

ˈkɒn.vɜːs

verb
Engage in conversation.
Usage examples:
She was withdrawn and preoccupied, hardly able to converse with her mother

noun
Conversation.
Usage examples:
His converse at such seasons was always elevating

adjective
Having characteristics which are the reverse of something else already mentioned.
Usage examples:
The only mode of change will be the slow process of growth and the converse process of decay

Converse - all meanings in English

inverse

adjective
Opposite or contrary in position, direction, order, or effect.
Usage examples:
Numerous studies have shown an inverse relationship between exercise and the risk of heart disease

noun
Something that is the opposite or reverse of something else.
Usage examples:
Power is the inverse of dependence

adjective
Changing in an opposite direction in relation to something else, esp. an amount
Usage examples:
In inverse proportion, an inverse relationship, by and large, your ability to cope with change vari…

Inverse - all meanings in English

obverse

noun
The side of a coin or medal bearing the head or principal design.
Usage examples:
It was no wonder that this minting machine was chosen as part of the design for the obverse of the …

adjective
Of or denoting the obverse of a coin or medal.
Usage examples:
The designs of the medals are based on a traditional style that includes a generic obverse side, ba…

Obverse - all meanings in English

reversal

noun
A change to an opposite direction, position, or course of action.
Usage examples:
A dramatic reversal in population decline in the alps

Reversal - all meanings in English

reverse

verb
Move backwards.
Usage examples:
The lorry reversed into the back of a bus

adjective
Going in or turned towards the direction opposite to that previously stated.
Usage examples:
The trend appears to be going in the reverse direction

noun
A complete change of direction or action.
Usage examples:
The gall actuates a reverse of photosynthesis

Reverse - all meanings in English

the flip side

noun
An opposite or unattractive result of a popular or attractive action
Usage examples:
More homelessness is the flip side of getting people off welfare.

The flip side - all meanings in English

the other side of the coin

idiom
A different way of considering a situation, making it seem either better or worse than it did originally
Usage examples:
I like having a white car, but the other side of the coin is that it soon gets dirty.

The other side of the coin - all meanings in English

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