[syn: face-to-face, opposite]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
opposite \op"po*site\ ([o^]p"p[-o]*z[i^]t or
[o^]p"p[-o]*s[i^]t), a. [F., fr. L. oppositus, p. p. of
opponere. See Opponent.]
1. Placed over against; standing or situated over against or
in front; facing; -- often with to; as, a house opposite
to the Exchange; the concert hall and the state theater
stood opposite each other on the plaza.
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2. Situated on the other end of an imaginary line passing
through or near the middle of an intervening space or
object; -- of one object with respect to another; as, the
office is on the opposite side of town; -- also used both
to describe two objects with respect to each other; as,
the stores were on opposite ends of the mall.
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3. Applied to the other of two things which are entirely
different; other; as, the opposite sex; the opposite
extreme; antonyms have opposite meanings.
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4. Extremely different; inconsistent; contrary; repugnant;
antagonistic.
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Novels, by which the reader is misled into another
sort of pleasure opposite to that which is designed
in an epic poem. --Dryden.
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Particles of speech have divers, and sometimes
almost opposite, significations. --Locke.
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5. (Bot.)
(a) Set over against each other, but separated by the
whole diameter of the stem, as two leaves at the same
node.
(b) Placed directly in front of another part or organ, as
a stamen which stands before a petal.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Opposite \Op"po*site\, n.
1. One who opposes; an opponent; an antagonist. [Obs.]
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The opposites of this day's strife. --Shak.
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2. That which is opposed or contrary in character or meaning;
as, sweetness and its opposite; up is the opposite of
down.
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The virtuous man meets with more opposites and
opponents than any other. --Landor.
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polar opposite that which is conspicuously different in
most important respects.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
opposite
adv 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"; "they sat
opposite at the table" [syn: face-to-face, opposite]
adj 1: 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"
2: of leaves etc; growing in pairs on either side of a stem;
"opposite leaves" [syn: opposite, paired] [ant:
alternate]
3: moving or facing away from each other; "looking in opposite
directions"; "they went in opposite directions"
4: the other one of a complementary pair; "the opposite sex";
"the two chess kings are set up on squares of opposite
colors"
5: 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
6: 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" [syn: diametric,
diametrical, opposite, polar]
n 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'"
[syn: antonym, opposite word, opposite] [ant:
equivalent word, synonym]
2: a relation of direct opposition; "we thought Sue was older
than Bill but just the reverse was true" [syn: reverse,
contrary, opposite]
3: a contestant that you are matched against [syn: opposition,
opponent, opposite]
4: something inverted in sequence or character or effect; "when
the direct approach failed he tried the inverse" [syn:
inverse, opposite]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
146 Moby Thesaurus words for "opposite":
across, adversary, adversative, adverse, adversive, against, alien,
antagonistic, anti, antipathetic, antipodal, antipode, antipodean,
antipodes, antipole, antithesis, antithetic, antithetical, antonym,
antonymous, at cross-purposes, at opposite extremes, back to back,
balancing, clashing, compensating, competitive, con, conflicting,
confronting, contra, contradictory, contradistinct, contrapositive,
contrarious, contrariwise, contrary, contrary to, contrast,
contrasted, contrasting, converse, counter, counteractive,
counterbalance, counterbalancing, countercheck, counterpoint,
counterpoise, counterpoised, counterpole, counterterm,
countervailing, cross, dead against, detrimental, different,
differing, difficult, disaccordant, discordant, discrepant,
dissentient, dissimilar, divergent, diverse, enemy,
eyeball to eyeball, eyeball-to-eyeball, face to face, facing, foil,
fractious, fronting, hard, harmful, hostile, in contact with,
in contrast with, in front of, in opposition, in opposition to,
inconsistent, independent, inimical, inverse, irreconcilable,
just opposite, miserable, negative, noncooperative, nose to nose,
not easy, obstinate, obverse, offset, on, opponent, opposed,
opposing, opposite number, opposite to, oppositional, oppositive,
oppugnant, over against, overthwart, perverse, polar, polaric,
polarized, poles apart, recalcitrant, refractory, replica,
repugnant, reverse, rigorous, rival, separate, setoff, sinister,
squared off, stressful, the contrary, the other side, to, toward,
troublesome, troublous, trying, unalike, unconnected,
uncooperative, unfavorable, unfriendly, unlike, unpropitious,
unrelated, unsimilar, untoward, up against, upon, versus,
vis-a-vis, wretched