opposite

adjective

1
of leaves etc; growing in pairs on either side of a stem
opposite leaves
2
characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed
in diametric contradiction to his claims
diametrical (or opposite) points of view
3
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
4
the other one of a complementary pair
the opposite sex
the two chess kings are set up on squares of opposite colors
5
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
6
moving or facing away from each other
looking in opposite directions
they went in opposite directions

1
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

1
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'
2
a contestant that you are matched against
3
a relation of direct opposition
we thought Sue was older than Bill but just the reverse was true
4
something inverted in sequence or character or effect
when the direct approach failed he tried the inverse

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