Antonyms of noun centripetal_force

1 sense of centripetal force

Sense 1
centripetal force -- (the inward force on a body moving in a curved path around another body)
       Antonym of centrifugal force (Sense 1)
      => centrifugal force -- (the outward force on a body moving in a curved path around another body)

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

1 sense of centripetal force

Sense 1
centripetal force -- (the inward force on a body moving in a curved path around another body)
       => force -- ((physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity; "force equals mass times acceleration")

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