Definition of Antitype 1. A person or thing represented or foreshadowed by an earlier type or symbol; especially a figure or event in the New Testament having a counterpart in the Old Testament Noun 2. An opposite or contrasting type Noun Semanticaly linked words with "antitype" Hyponims for word "antitype" Lexical Analysis for "antitype" antitypic of or relating to an antitype that represents an opposite of or relating to an antitype that is a symbol antitypical of or relating to an antitype that represents an opposite of or relating to an antitype that is a symbol type a subdivision of a particular kind of thing has derived form type etymologically related archetype etymologically related type etymologically related typology etymological origin of ἀντίτυπος is derived from antitypes