ANTITYPE
Dictionary entry overview: What does antitype mean?
• ANTITYPE (noun)
The noun ANTITYPE has 2 senses:
1. a person or thing represented or foreshadowed by a type or symbol; especially a figure in the Old Testament having a counterpart in the New Testament
2. an opposite or contrasting type
Familiarity information: ANTITYPE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ANTITYPE (noun)
Meaning:
A person or thing represented or foreshadowed by a type or symbol; especially a figure in the Old Testament having a counterpart in the New Testament
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("antitype" is a kind of...):
internal representation; mental representation; representation (a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image)
Meaning:
An opposite or contrasting type
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("antitype" is a kind of...):
form; kind; sort; variety (a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality)
Antonym:
type (a subdivision of a particular kind of thing)