antithesis
antithesis is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.The second of two clauses forming an antithesis.
- 2.Opposition; contrast.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- academical
- alliteration
- alliterative
- altiloquence
- altiloquent
- and
- antithetical
- artificial
- artistic
- bold
- boldness
- bombast
- bombastic
- breath
- burn
- chaste
- classical
- classicalism
- classicism
- command
- concinnity
- correct
- declamation
- declamatory
- ease
- easy
- elegance
- elegant
- elevated
- elevation
- eloquence
- eloquent
- euphemism
- euphemistic
- euphonious
- euphony
- euphuism
- euphuist
- euphuistic
- felicitous
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is antithesis.
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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