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Adjectives (7)

polar

adj. of or existing at or near a geographical pole or within the Arctic or Antarctic Circles; "polar regions"

polar

adj. located at or near or coming from the earth's poles; "polar diameter"; "polar zone"; "a polar air mass"; "Antarctica is the only polar continent"

polar

adj. having a pair of equal and opposite charges

pivotal

adj. being of crucial importance; "a pivotal event"; "Its pivotal location has also exposed it to periodic invasions"- Henry Kissinger; "the polar events of this study"; "a polar principal"

diametric, diametrical, opposite

adj. characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed; "in diametric contradiction to his claims"; "diametrical (or opposite) points of view"; "opposite meanings"; "extreme and indefensible polar positions"

Fuzzynyms (24)

essential

adj. basic and fundamental; "the essential feature"

central

adj. in or near a center or constituting a center; the inner area; "a central position"

cardinal, central, fundamental, key, primal

adj. serving as an essential component; "a cardinal rule"; "the central cause of the problem"; "an example that was fundamental to the argument"; "computers are fundamental to modern industrial structure"

momentous

adj. of very great significance; "deciding to drop the atom bomb was a very big decision"; "a momentous event"

consequential, eventful

adj. having important issues or results; "the year's only really consequential legislation"; "an eventful decision"

capital, great, majuscule

adj. uppercase; "capital A"; "great A"; "many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script"

chief(a), main(a), primary(a), principal(a), master(a)

adj. most important element; "the chief aim of living"; "the main doors were of solid glass"; "the principal rivers of America"; "the principal example"; "policemen were primary targets"; "the master bedroom"; "a master switch"

vital, life-sustaining

adj. performing an essential function in the living body; "vital organs"; "blood and other vital fluids"; "the loss of vital heat in shock"; "a vital spot"; "life-giving love and praise"

significant

adj. too closely correlated to be attributed to chance and therefore indicating a systematic relation; "the interaction effect is significant at the .01 level"; "no significant difference was found"

serious

adj. of great consequence; "marriage is a serious matter"

antagonistic, counter

adj. indicating opposition or resistance

Synonyms (23)

negative, electronegative, negatively charged

adj. having a negative charge; "electrons are negative"

positive, electropositive, positively charged

adj. having a positive charge; "protons are positive"

critical, decisive

adj. forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis; "a critical point in the campaign"; "the critical test"

allo

adj. (prefix) indicating difference or variation: "allomorph"; "allophone"

opposite

adj. altogether different in nature or quality or significance; "the medicine's effect was opposite to that intended"; "it is said that opposite characters make a union happiest"- Charles Reade

assorted, various

adj. of many different kinds purposefully arranged but lacking any uniformity; "assorted sizes"; "his disguises are many and various"; "various experiments have failed to disprove the theory"; "cited various reasons for his behavior"

contrary

adj. very opposed in nature or character or purpose; "acts contrary to our code of ethics"; "the facts point to a contrary conclusion"

contrasting, contrastive

adj. strikingly different; tending to contrast; "contrasting (or contrastive) colors"

differentiable

adj. capable of being perceived as different; "differentiable species"

divergent

adj. diverging from another or from a standard; "a divergent opinion"

disparate

adj. fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind; "such disparate attractions as grand opera and game fishing"; "disparate ideas"

diverse, various

adj. distinctly dissimilar or unlike; "celebrities as diverse as Bob Hope and Bob Dylan"; "animals as various as the jaguar and the cavy and the sloth"

divers(a), diverse

adj. many and different; "tourist offices of divers nationalities"; "a person of diverse talents"

variant

adj. exhibiting variation and change; "letters variant in size"

Antonyms (3)

equatorial

adj. of or existing at or near the geographic equator; "equatorial Africa"

tropical, tropic

adj. relating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics (the region on either side of the equator); "tropical islands"; "tropical fruit"

dead > conjugate > denigratory > irreverent > bipinnate > duty > surreptitious > polar

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