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antithesis
Overview of noun antithesis
The noun antithesis has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) antithesis -- (exact opposite; "his theory is the antithesis of mine")
2. antithesis -- (the juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun antithesis
2 senses of antithesis
Sense 1
antithesis
=> opposition, oppositeness
=> relation
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
antithesis
=> rhetorical device
=> device
=> expressive style, style
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun antithesis
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun antithesis
2 senses of antithesis
Sense 1
antithesis
=> opposition, oppositeness
Sense 2
antithesis
=> rhetorical device
Antonyms of noun antithesis
Member Holonyms of noun antithesis
Substance Holonyms of noun antithesis
Part Holonyms of noun antithesis
Member Meronyms of noun antithesis
Substance Meronyms of noun antithesis
Part Meronyms of noun antithesis
Meronyms of noun antithesis
Holonyms of noun antithesis
Attributes of noun antithesis
Derived Forms of noun antithesis
2 senses of antithesis
Sense 1
antithesis
RELATED TO>(adj) antithetic#1
=> antithetic, antithetical
RELATED TO>(adj) antithetical#1
=> antithetic, antithetical
Sense 2
antithesis
RELATED TO>(adj) antithetic#1
=> antithetic, antithetical
Domain of noun antithesis
Domain Terms of noun antithesis
Familiarity of noun antithesis
antithesis used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun antithesis
2 senses of antithesis
Sense 1
antithesis
> opposition, oppositeness
=> antipode
=> antithesis
=> conflict
=> contrast, direct contrast
=> flip side
=> mutual opposition, polarity
=> gradable opposition
=> polarity, sign
=> ungradable opposition
=> contradictoriness
=> contradiction
=> contrary
=> contrariety
=> tertium quid
=> reverse, contrary, opposite
=> inverse, opposite
=> antagonism
Sense 2
antithesis
> rhetorical device
=> anacoluthia, anacoluthon
=> asyndeton
=> repetition
=> anastrophe, inversion
=> antiphrasis
=> antithesis
=> antinomasia
=> apophasis
=> aposiopesis
=> apostrophe
=> catachresis
=> chiasmus
=> climax
=> conversion
=> ecphonesis, exclamation
=> emphasis
=> enallage
=> epanorthosis
=> epiplexis
=> hendiadys
=> hypallage
=> hyperbaton
=> hypozeugma
=> hypozeuxis
=> hysteron proteron
=> litotes, meiosis
=> onomatopoeia
=> paralepsis, paraleipsis, paralipsis, preterition
=> paregmenon
=> polysyndeton
=> prolepsis
=> wellerism
=> trope, figure of speech, figure, image
Meronyms of noun antithesis
2 senses of antithesis
Holonyms of noun antithesis
Grep of noun antithesis
antithesis
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