Synonyms for antithetical
ˌæn təˈθɛt ɪ kəlan·ti·thet·i·cal

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1. antithetic, antitheticaladjective

   sharply contrasted in character or purpose

   "practices entirely antithetical to her professed beliefs"; "hope is antithetic to despair"

   Synonyms:
   antithetic

   Antonyms:
   same

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1. antitheticaladjective

   Synonyms:
   contrasted, placed in contrast

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1. Hillary Clinton:

   Clearly this raises serious questions that we have to raise directly with the Saudi government, we have governments we work with on a number of issues whose policies and values are antithetical to ours, to be just blunt about it. And yet who also have certain interests with us that we are involved in.

2. William Minor:

   Muslims go contrary to my beliefs, it’s antithetical to the idea of freedom.

3. Jonathan Pierce:

   Obviously, the alleged incident is absolutely antithetical to our fraternity's ideals and values. We will provide more comment upon the conclusion of the investigations.

4. Rick Santorum:

   Some Muslims...[have] sat quietly by as the Islamic State uses brutal violence that is not antithetical to Islam and only objects on tactics.

5. Julian Zelizer:

   They are looking for someone who is antithetical to him. Someone they can trust, someone who is devoted to the state, and someone who seems clean and immune from scandal, they want a governor who will bring in new kinds of industry and new pockets of growth.