Antipode

Antipode (an-ti-pohd) n. - opposite

To be used in place of "opposite."  The pronunciation is not to be mistaken with "antipodes" from which the word derives.  Antipodes (an-tip-uh-deez) - two places on earth in diametrically opposed locations; a group of islands belonging to New Zealand.  
 
One reporter called the newcomer the antipode of the incumbent.