antitype
noun
antitype is a noun meaning “Something that is symbolized or represented by a type, such as Christ by the Paschal Lamb; the fulfillment of a type” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-N-T-I-T-Y-P-E, and it appears about once in every 65 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of antitype is antitypes.
What does antitype mean?
noun
- 1
Something that is symbolized or represented by a type, such as Christ by the Paschal Lamb; the fulfillment of a type.
- 2
A type that represents the opposite or antagonist of another type.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of antitype
- antitypes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is antitype?
Antitype appears about once in every 65 million words in written English, the 252,559th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Antitype in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense something that is symbolized or represented by a type:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | antítipo |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does antitype come from?
From Ancient Greek ἀντίτυπος (antítupos).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).