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1. Being directly across from each other; facing
   "And I on the opposite shore will be, ready to ride and spread the alarm"; "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"
   - paired
    
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 colours"
    
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"
    
6. Characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed
   "opposite points of view"; "opposite meanings"
   - diametric, diametrical, polar

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
   - antonym, opposite word
    
2. A relation of direct opposition
   - reverse, contrary
    
3. A contestant that you are matched against
   - opposition, opponent
    
4. Something inverted in sequence or character or effect
   - inverse

1. Directly facing each other
   "they sat opposite at the table"
   - face-to-face

Derived forms: opposites

See also: different, oppositely, oppositeness, other

Type of: contestant, oppositeness, opposition, word

Antonym: alternate

Encyclopedia: Opposite