poles apart
At opposite extremes
Poles apart describes people or things that are completely different or opposed, as distant from each other as the Earth's North and South poles.
Their political views are poles apart.
We started as friends but ended up poles apart on everything.
Impossible to resolve together
- mismatchedNot fitting together properly
- clashingStriking with discord
- discordantLacking musical agreement
- incongruentNot in harmony
inharmonious · inconsistent · contradictory · at odds · incommensurate · incompatible · antagonistic · conflicting
Deep, steep-sided gap
- gulfPartially enclosed sea
- unbridgeableImpossible to connect across
- separatedPut or kept apart
- remoteDistant or controller
far removed · divergent · disparate · disconnect · divide · gap · yawning · expanse
Direct opposite; contrasting juxtaposition
- contraryOpposed in nature
- antipodeDirectly opposite point
- inverseOpposite in position
- dichotomyDivision into contrasting parts
contradiction · antonym · flip-side · counterpoint · binary · duality · contraposition · negation
Separated into portions
- schismFormal organizational fracture
- riftCrack or estrangement
- factionalizedDivided into opposing subgroups
- partisanBiased toward one side
contentious · discord · friction · estranged · alienated · adversarial · at loggerheads · entrenched
irreconcilable
Impossible to resolve together
- mismatchedNot fitting together properly
- clashingStriking with discord
- discordantLacking musical agreement
incongruent · inharmonious · inconsistent · contradictory · at odds · incommensurate · incompatible · antagonistic · conflicting · dissonant
chasm
Deep, steep-sided gap
- gulfPartially enclosed sea
- unbridgeableImpossible to connect across
- separatedPut or kept apart
remote · far removed · divergent · disparate · disconnect · divide · gap · yawning · expanse · abyss
antithesis
Direct opposite; contrasting juxtaposition
dichotomy · contradiction · antonym · flip-side · counterpoint · binary · duality · contraposition · negation · reversal
divided
Separated into portions
- schismFormal organizational fracture
- riftCrack or estrangement
- factionalizedDivided into opposing subgroups
partisan · contentious · discord · friction · estranged · alienated · adversarial · at loggerheads · entrenched · irreconcilable differences
poles apartidentical
Exactly the same
the same · alike · indistinguishable · one and the same · similar
poles apartof one mind
In complete agreement
on the same page · in accord · in harmony · seeing eye to eye · in sync
pole, apart, polar, polarization, poles, polarity, polarizing, bipolar, polarize