opposite


Meanings

  • 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;
  • being directly across from each other; facing;
    • "And I on the opposite shore will be, ready to ride and spread the alarm"- Longfellow
    • "we lived on opposite sides of the street"
    • "at opposite poles"
  • of leaves etc; growing in pairs on either side of a stem;
    • "opposite leaves"
  • 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"
  • directly facing each other;
    • "they sat opposite at the table"
  • OPPOSITE n pl. -S one that is radically different from another in some related way


Scrabble Score: 12

opposite is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

opposite is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

opposite is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary


Words With Friends Score: 14

opposite is a valid Words With Friends word