opposite

Plural: opposites

Noun

• A person or thing that is completely different from another.
• a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other
• a relation of direct opposition
• a contestant that you are matched against
• something inverted in sequence or character or effect
• Something opposite or contrary to something else.
• A person or thing that is entirely different from or the reverse of someone or something else; used to show contrast between two people or two things.
• An opponent.
• An antonym.
• An additive inverse.

Adjective Satellite

• being directly across from each other; facing; - Longfellow
  • "And I on the opposite shore will be, ready to ride and spread the alarm"
  • "we lived on opposite sides of the street"
  • "at opposite poles"
• moving or facing away from each other
  • "looking in opposite directions"
  • "they went in opposite directions"
• the other one of a complementary pair
  • "the opposite sex"
  • "the two chess kings are set up on squares of opposite colors"
• altogether different in nature or quality or significance; ; - Charles Reade
  • "the medicine's effect was opposite to that intended"
  • "it is said that opposite characters make a union happiest"
• characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed
  • "diametrical (or opposite) points of view"
  • "opposite meanings"

Adjective

• of leaves etc; growing in pairs on either side of a stem
  • "opposite leaves"

Adverb

• directly facing each other
  • "they sat opposite at the table"

Adj

• Located directly across from something else, or from each other.
• Of leaves and flowers, positioned directly across from each other on a stem.
• Facing in the other direction.
• Of either of two complementary or mutually exclusive things.
• Extremely different; inconsistent; contrary; repugnant; antagonistic.

Adv

• In an opposite position.
• On another channel at the same time.

Prep

• Facing, or across from.
• In a complementary role to.
• On another channel at the same time.

Examples

• "Up" is the opposite of "down".
• He is attracted to the opposite sex.
• He played opposite Marilyn Monroe.
• He thought playing defensively was smart, while his opponent took the opposite approach.
• I was on my seat and she stood opposite.
• She is the opposite of her ex-boyfriend who abused her both physically and verbally nearly every day for five years. She now works as an advocate and supportive listener for others who have endured abusive relationships.
• She saw him walking on the opposite side of the road.
• There’s a bus stop opposite the faculty entrance, right on the other side of the road.
• They were moving in opposite directions.
• Where's the bus station? -Over there, just opposite.

Synonyms

antonym, contrary, diametric, diametrical, face-to-face, inverse, opponent, opposite word, opposition, paired, polar, reverse, antipodean, antithetical, contradictory, contrariant, contrariwise, contrasted, converse, counter, cross, inverted, opposed, opposite, oppugnant, witherward

Antonyms

alternate, synonym, identical

Related Words

antithesis, apposite, black-and-white, reciprocal

Anagrams of opposite