Definition of antiphrasis

Scrabble & Words with friends points


  • antiphrasis is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 16
  • antiphrasis is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 16
  • antiphrasis is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 17

Definition of antiphrasis


  • the use of a word in a sense opposite to its normal sense (especially in irony) (noun)

See definition of antiphrasis in Merriam Webster