antitype Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a person or thing represented or foreshadowed by a type or symbol; especially a figure in the Old Testament having a counterpart in the New Testament
  2. noun an opposite or contrasting type

WordNet

An"ti*type noun
Etymology
Gr. of corresponding form; against + type, figure. See Type.
Definitions
  1. That of which the type pattern or representation; that which is represented by the type or symbol.

Webster 1913