POLAR

Pronunciation (US):

• POLAR (adjective)
  The adjective POLAR has 6 senses:

1. having a pair of equal and opposite charges
2. characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed
3. located at or near or coming from the earth's poles
4. of or existing at or near a geographical pole or within the Arctic or Antarctic Circles
5. extremely cold
6. being of crucial importance

  Familiarity information: POLAR used as an adjective is common.

• POLAR (adjective)

Meaning:

Having a pair of equal and opposite charges

Similar:

charged (of a particle or body or system; having a net amount of positive or negative electric charge)

Meaning:

Characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed

Synonyms:

polar; diametrical; diametric; opposite

Context examples:

in diametric contradiction to his claims / diametrical (or opposite) points of view / opposite meanings / extreme and indefensible polar positions

Similar:

different (unlike in nature or quality or form or degree)

Meaning:

Located at or near or coming from the earth's poles

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context examples:

polar diameter / polar zone / a polar air mass / Antarctica is the only polar continent

Pertainym:

pole (one of two antipodal points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects the Earth's surface)

Meaning:

Of or existing at or near a geographical pole or within the Arctic or Antarctic Circles

Context example:

polar regions

Similar:

circumpolar (located or found throughout a polar region)

Arctic; north-polar (at or near the north pole)

Antarctic; south-polar (at or near the south pole)

Antonym:

equatorial (of or existing at or near the geographic equator)

Meaning:

Extremely cold

Synonyms:

gelid; icy; frigid; glacial; arctic; polar

Context examples:

an arctic climate / a frigid day / gelid waters of the North Atlantic / glacial winds / icy hands / polar weather

Similar:

cold (used of physical coldness; having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration)

Meaning:

Being of crucial importance

Synonyms:

pivotal; polar

Context examples:

a pivotal event / Its pivotal location has also exposed it to periodic invasions / the polar events of this study / a polar principal

Similar:

crucial; important (of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis)