English Explanatory Dictionary

opposite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Located directly across from something else, or from each other.
  2. Of leaves and flowers, positioned directly across from each other on a stem.
  3. Facing in the other direction.
  4. Of either of two complementary or mutually exclusive things.
  5. Extremely different; inconsistent; contrary; repugnant; antagonistic.
noun
  1. Something opposite or contrary to something else.
  2. A person or thing that is entirely different from or the reverse of someone or something else; used to show contrast between two people or two things.
  3. An opponent.
  4. An antonym.
  5. An additive inverse.
adv
  1. In an opposite position.
  2. On another channel at the same time.
prep
  1. Facing, or across from.
  2. In a complementary role to.
  3. On another channel at the same time.

Pronunciation

/ˈɒp.ə.zɪt/ /ˈɒp.ə.sɪt/ /ˈɑ.pə.sɪt/ /ˈɑp.sɪt/ /ˈɑ.pə.zɪt/ en-us-opposite.ogg /ˈɔp.ə.zɪt/ /ˈɔp.ə.sɪt/ /ˈɒp.ə.zət/ [ˈɔ̟p.ə.zət] /ˈɒp.ə.sət/ [ˈɔ̟p.ə.sət] /ˈɔp.ɵ.zɪʈ/ /əˈpo.zɪʈ/ /ˈoʊ.pə.sɪt/

Word forms

opposite opposit opposites

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English opposit, borrowed from Old French oposite, from Latin oppositus, perfect passive participle of oppōnō (“to oppose”). Compare oppose.

Synonyms

antipodean antithetical contrariant contradictory contrariwise contrary contrasted converse counter cross inverse inverted oppugnant opposed opposite reverse witherward

Antonyms

identical

Related words

black-and-white antithesis reciprocal apposite

Derived words

on opposite sides of the barricades opposite angle oppositely oppositeness opposite number opposite sex opposite side oppo taco subopposite opposites attract polar opposite quite the opposite

Translations

Armenian: հակառակ Bulgarian: насрещен Catalan: oposat Czech: opačný Finnish: vastakkainen French: opposé German: entgegengesetzt Hebrew: ממול Hindi: विपरीत Hindi: उल्टा Hindi: उलट Hungarian: ellentétes Italian: opposto Italian: opposta Kabuverdianu: rabés Malayalam: എതിർ Malayalam: വിപരീതം Mongolian: эсрэг Norwegian: motsatt Polish: przeciwny Portuguese: oposto Punjabi: پُٹّھا Punjabi: پُٹّھی Punjabi: دُوجا Punjabi: دُوجی Romanian: opus Romanian: opusă Sanskrit: विपरीतम् Spanish: opósito Swedish: motsatt Tagalog: tapat Turkish: zıt Urdu: اُلْٹا Urdu: اُلٹی Vietnamese: trái ngược Vietnamese: đối nghịch Vietnamese: ngược
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