polar opposite
Total inverse counterpart
A polar opposite is the furthest possible thing from something else, as far removed as the North Pole from the South.
The phrase emphasizes maximum contrast: Their personalities are polar opposites.
Often shortened to just *opposite*, but *polar* intensifies the distance between the two things being compared.
- inverseOpposite in position
- antipodeDirectly opposite point
- antithesisDirect opposite; contrasting juxtaposition
- contraryOpposed in nature
- diametrically opposedUtterly contrary in nature
flip side · antonym · diametrically · reverse · antinomy · yin-yang · contradiction · foil · converse · black and white · chalk and cheese · apples and oranges · negation · worlds apart · night and day · dichotomy · mirror · nemesis
polar oppositeexact match
Perfect one-to-one correspondence
carbon copy · mirror image · clone · duplicate · spitting image
polar oppositecounterpart
Corresponding person or thing
kindred spirit · complement · peer · perfect match · parallel
pole, opposite, polar, opposition, polarization, polarity, polarizing, bipolar, polarize