• two words that express opposing concepts; "to him the Opposite of gay was depressed"
• 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"
• something inverted in sequence or character or effect; "when the direct approach failed he tried the inverse"
• of leaves etc; growing in pairs on either side of a stem; "Opposite leaves"
• 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"
• 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"
• moving or facing away from each other; "looking in Opposite directions"; "they went in Opposite directions"
• 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"

'Opposite' in other languages