antithesis

Definitions

A person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else.

A rhetorical device in which two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect.

Examples

His gentle demeanor was the perfect antithesis to his brother's aggressive personality.

The novel presents the protagonist as the direct antithesis of the traditional hero.

Synonyms

contrast opposite converse contradiction reverse counterpart inverse

Antonyms

analogy correspondence equivalence likeness parallel similarity uniformity