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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

antipodes
    n 1: any two places or regions on diametrically opposite sides
         of the Earth; "the North Pole and the South Pole are
         antipodes"

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Antipodes \An*tip"o*des\, n. [L. pl., fr. Gr. ? with the feet
   opposite, pl. ? ?; 'anti` against + ?, ?, foot.]
   1. Those who live on the side of the globe diametrically
      opposite.
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   2. The country of those who live on the opposite side of the
      globe. --Latham.
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   3. Anything exactly opposite or contrary.
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            Can there be a greater contrariety unto Christ's
            judgment, a more perfect antipodes to all that hath
            hitherto been gospel?                 --Hammond.
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Thesaurus Results for Antipodes:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

Africa, America, Asia, Asia Major, Asia Minor, Australasia, East, Eastern Hemisphere, Eurasia, Europe, Far East, Levant, Middle East, Near East, New World, Occident, Oceania, Old World, Orient, West, Western Hemisphere, continent, down under, eastland, landmass, the old country

2. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

China, Darkest Africa, God knows where, Greenland, North Pole, Outer Mongolia, Pago Pago, Pillars of Hercules, Siberia, South Pole, Thule, Tierra del Fuego, Timbuktu, Ultima Thule, Yukon, antipodal points, antipode, antipoints, antipole, antipoles, antithesis, antonym, black and white, contra, contraposita, contrapositives, contraries, converse, counter, counterbalance, countercheck, counterpoint, counterpoise, counterpole, counterpoles, counterterm, foil, frontier, godforsaken place, inverse, jumping-off place, night and day, nowhere, obverse, offset, opposite, opposite number, opposite poles, opposites, outback, outer space, outpost, outskirts, polar opposites, pole, poles, reverse, setoff, the Great Divide, the South Seas, the boondocks, the contrary, the moon, the other side, the sticks, the tullies, vis-a-vis

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