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

1 sense of ultramontane

Sense 1
ultramontane -- (a Roman Catholic who advocates ultramontanism (supreme papal authority in matters of faith and discipline))
       => Roman Catholic -- (a member of the Roman Catholic Church)

Antonyms of adj ultramontane

2 of 3 senses of ultramontane

Sense 2
transalpine, ultramontane -- (on or relating to or characteristic of the region or peoples beyond the Alps from Italy (or north of the Alps); "ancient transalpine Gaul was an area northwest of the Alps and included modern France and Belgium"; "Cracow was a transalpine university")

INDIRECT (VIA tramontane) -> cismontane -- (on this (the speaker's) side of the mountains; "a contest in Virginia between a cismontane and a tramontane people")

Sense 3
cisalpine, ultramontane -- (on the Italian or Roman side of the Alps; "ancient cisalpine Gaul included an area south and east of the Alps")

INDIRECT (VIA cismontane) -> tramontane, transmontane -- (on or coming from the other side of the mountains (from the speaker); "the transmontane section of the state"; "tramontane winds")

Similarity of adj ultramontane

3 senses of ultramontane

Sense 1
ultramontane -- (of or relating to ultramontanism)

Sense 2
transalpine, ultramontane -- (on or relating to or characteristic of the region or peoples beyond the Alps from Italy (or north of the Alps); "ancient transalpine Gaul was an area northwest of the Alps and included modern France and Belgium"; "Cracow was a transalpine university")
       => tramontane (vs. cismontane), transmontane -- (on or coming from the other side of the mountains (from the speaker); "the transmontane section of the state"; "tramontane winds")

Sense 3
cisalpine, ultramontane -- (on the Italian or Roman side of the Alps; "ancient cisalpine Gaul included an area south and east of the Alps")
       => cismontane (vs. tramontane) -- (on this (the speaker's) side of the mountains; "a contest in Virginia between a cismontane and a tramontane people")

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