antithesis
an-TITH-uh-sisnounMeaning the direct opposite
Memory hook ANTI-THESIS: the total OPPOSITE. Pip loves noise, mess and speed; his twin, Lila, loves quiet, order and books. Lila is Pip’s antithesis.
Pip’s messy room is the antithesis of his twin sister’s neat one.
In context The quiet country inn was the antithesis of the loud city hotel where they had spent the week: no traffic, no crowds and not a single television.
Similar opposite, reverse, contrary, converse
Opposite equivalent
From Greek antithesis, “opposition”: anti (against) + tithenai (to place).