Bipolar

Quick meaning: Bipolar is an adjective meaning Involving or having both extremes or poles at the same time.

Meaning

Involving or having both extremes or poles at the same time.

More Meanings

1. Relating to both polar regions.
2. (physics) Relating to a bipole.
3. Relating to or having bipolar disorder.
4. (politics) Of or relating to an international system in which two states wield most of the cultural, economic, and political influence.
5. (countable) A bipolar cell.
6. (uncountable) Ellipsis of bipolar disorder.

Example Sentences

And today, the world has become more and more bipolar.

[R]ecent meta-analyses have shown asthma, obesity, migraine and head injury are associated with bipolar.

If a bipolar person you work with is receiving successful treatment, you might not even know that she is bipolar.

Since many childhood depressions become more bipolar in adult life, and because Jay's father was bipolar, I added Depakote to "protect" him against this bipolar possibility.

Word Forms

• bipolars

Synonyms for bipolar

Depending on context, synonyms include manic-depressive.

Antonyms for bipolar

Common opposites include unipolar.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include polarization, polarized, multipolar, bipartite, gap, manic.

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