antarctic

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: ant=arc=tic

CIDE DICTIONARY

antarctic, a. [OE. antartik, OF. antartique, F. antarctique, L. antarcticus, fr. Gr. ; + bear. See Arctic.].

 Opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to the southern pole or to the region near it, and applied especially to a circle, distant from the pole 23antarctic pole, circle, ocean, region, current, etc.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

antarctic, adj. & n.
--adj. of the south polar regions.
--n. this region.

Idiom

Antarctic Circle the parallel of latitude 66° 32' S., forming an imaginary line round this region.

Etymology

ME f. OF antartique or L antarcticus f. Gk antarktikos (as ANTI-, arktikos ARCTIC)

ROGET THESAURUS

antarctic

Contraposition

N contraposition, opposition, polarity, inversion, opposite side, reverse, inverse, counterpart, antipodes, opposite poles, North and South, antonym, opposite (contrariety), opposite, reverse, inverse, converse, antipodal, subcontrary, fronting, facing, diametrically opposite, Northern, septentrional, Boreal, arctic, Southern, Austral, antarctic, over, over the way, over against, against, face to face, vis-a- vis, as poles asunder.