Meanings
- not comparableDiametrically opposed.
- informalnot comparableOf, or pertaining to, Australia or New Zealand.
Indeed, many antipodean teens are joining Yope, a new photo-sharing app geared toward Gen Z.
2025 December 9, Steven Humphries, “Australia now bans social media for teens under 16. Will other countries follow?”, in The Christian Science Monitor1 more example
So there is a certain sense of achievement just in arriving in Australia—a pleasure and satisfaction to be able to step from the airport terminal into dazzling antipodean sunshine[…]
2000, Bill Bryson, In a Sunburned Country, pages 10–11
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiverelating to the antipodes or situated at opposite sides of the earth
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Catalan antípoda, antípoda
- antípodadiametrically opposed
- antípodasituated at opposite sides of the Earth
- antípodainhabitant of the antipodes
Finnish vastapäinen, vastakkainen
- vastapäinendiametrically opposed
- vastakkainendiametrically opposed
- antipodinensituated at opposite sides of the Earth
German antipodisch, Antipode
- antipodischsituated at opposite sides of the Earth
- Antipodeinhabitant of the antipodes
- Gegenfüßlerinhabitant of the antipodes
Polish antypodyczny, antypodyczny
- antypodycznydiametrically opposed
- antypodycznysituated at opposite sides of the Earth
- antypodainhabitant of the antipodes
Russian диаметра́льно противополо́жный, антипо́дный
- диаметра́льно противополо́жный (diametrálʹno protivopolóžnyj)diametrically opposed
- антипо́дный (antipódnyj)situated at opposite sides of the Earth
- австрали́йский (avstralíjskij)(informal) of, or pertaining to, Australia or New Zealand
- новозела́ндский (novozelándskij)(informal) of, or pertaining to, Australia or New Zealand
Cite this entry
antipodean. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antipodean
“antipodean.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antipodean. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antipodean,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antipodean.
Source: antipodean on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.