opposite

Adjective

• characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed
  • in diametric contradiction to his claims
    
  • diametrical (or opposite) points of view
    
  • opposite meanings
    
  • extreme and indefensible polar positions
    

• altogether different in nature or quality or significance
  • the medicine's effect was opposite to that intended
    
  • it is said that opposite characters make a union happiest- Charles Reade
    

• the other one of a complementary pair
  • the opposite sex
    
  • the two chess kings are set up on squares of opposite colors
    

• moving or facing away from each other
  • looking in opposite directions
    
  • they went in opposite directions
    

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

• 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
    

Adverb

• directly facing each other
  • the two photographs lay face-to-face on the table
    
  • lived all their lives in houses face-to-face across the street
    
  • they sat opposite at the table
    

Noun

• something inverted in sequence or character or effect
  • when the direct approach failed he tried the inverse
    

• a contestant that you are matched against

• a relation of direct opposition
  • we thought Sue was older than Bill but just the reverse was true
    

• a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other
  • to him the antonym of `gay' was `depressed'
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  diametric , diametrical , polar , paired , face-to-face , inverse , opposition , opponent , reverse , contrary , antonym , opposite word
• Antonyms: 
  alternate , synonym , equivalent word