|antə|thed.ə̇kəl, |aan-, -etə̇k-, -ēk- adjective
or anti·thet·ic -ik, -ēk
Etymology: Late Latin antitheticus, from Late Greek antithetikos, from Greek antithetos placed in opposition (from antitithenai ) + -ikos -ical, -ic
1. : constituting or resembling antithesis : containing or marked by antithesis
antithetical symbolism of ice and flame — Leslie Rees
2. : marked by direct opposition : exactly opposite : counter , opposing
respective ways of life which looked to wholly antithetic ends — H.J.Laski
Synonyms: see opposite