Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun antipope

1 sense of antipope

Sense 1
antipope -- (someone who is elected pope in opposition to another person who is held to be canonically elected; "the antipopes resided in Avignon during the Great Schism")
       => pope, Catholic Pope, Roman Catholic Pope, pontiff, Holy Father, Vicar of Christ, Bishop of Rome -- (the head of the Roman Catholic Church)