Antonyms for polar


Grammar : Adj
Spell : poh-ler
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpoʊ lər


Definition of polar

Origin :
  • 1550s, from Middle French polaire (16c.) or directly from Medieval Latin polaris "of or pertaining to the poles," from Latin polus "an end of an axis" (see pole (n.2)). Meaning "directly opposite in character or tendency" is attested from 1832. Polar bear first recorded 1781.
  • adj cold
  • adj opposite, opposed
Example sentences :
  • Polar ice would have been thawed by this reopening of communication.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • But here, within the Polar circle, what is the lowest degree?
  • Extract from : « The Field of Ice » by Jules Verne
  • It is no new sea, returned Altamont; it is in every Polar chart, and has a name already.
  • Extract from : « The Field of Ice » by Jules Verne
  • It was a domed city in the polar regions, where nobody ever had to go outdoors.
  • Extract from : « Pariah Planet » by Murray Leinster
  • I wonder if he's been frozen to death or eat up by polar bears, or what.
  • Extract from : « Thankful's Inheritance » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Now that ship is going to the polar seas, or my name is not Cornhill.
  • Extract from : « The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras » by Jules Verne
  • The hurricane seemed to have respected this part of the Polar Ocean.
  • Extract from : « The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras » by Jules Verne
  • Bob relinquished the idea of a Polar expedition with a sigh.
  • Extract from : « The Red Hand of Ulster » by George A. Birmingham
  • But it happened that we were chased when on the polar verge of the North-East Trade-wind.
  • Extract from : « The Frozen Pirate » by W. Clark Russell
  • That ship is going to try the Polar seas, or my name isn't what it is.
  • Extract from : « The English at the North Pole » by Jules Verne

Synonyms for polar

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