ANTONYMIC Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

antonymic

adjective

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Adjective

Johnson County, with Iowa City and its teeming suburbs, and Scott County's economically diverse cities of Davenport and Bettendorf help make the district among the most competitive in the country.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026
While some may argue our city should reach higher, the entertainment offered by minor-league baseball would serve a more diverse community; see, for example, the Orlando Solar Bears minor-league hockey team.

— Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of diverse

Adjective

But a huge issue in these talks specifically is that the sides are operating in disparate frameworks.

— Evan Drellich, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Cowin has also spliced together photographs of disparate subjects — people, places and things — on broad horizontal panels that suggest narrative progression but instead register as evocative panoramic poems.

— Leah Ollman, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of disparate

Adjective

Kara isn’t the only superhero with a tragic origin story – but unlike, say, that guy who dresses up as a bat and fights crime after the deaths of his mom and dad, Kara hits up a dive bar and plays with her dog to cope.

— Brian Truitt, USA Today, 25 June 2026
And the reason is that now unlike when Thomas and I introduced the resolution, there are a lot of Republicans who believe the war should end.

— NBC news, NBC news, 24 May 2026

Definition of unlike

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These challenging conditions are precisely what make a summer off-road safari such a distinctive way to experience Iceland’s rugged interior.

— Gwen Nicol, Travel + Leisure, 29 Aug. 2026
Meghna Gulzar has a very distinctive voice and an ability to approach difficult subjects with both restraint and intensity.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of distinctive

Adjective

For such a thing, the Nuvolari seems to have come out of nowhere, which seems antithetical to the meticulous planning that brought us the R8.

— Byron Hurd, The Drive, 27 Aug. 2026
Luxury taxes are of debatable worth in sports anyway; in a division where the richest can already spend far more than the rest, imbuing them with even greater resources is antithetical to competitive balance.

— Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026

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