Meaning of opposite in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

noun

• Something opposite or contrary to something else.

• An opponent.

• An antonym.

  Example: "Up" is the opposite of "down".

• An additive inverse.

adjective

• Located directly across from something else, or from each other.

  Example: She saw him walking on the opposite side of the road.

• Of leaves and flowers, positioned directly across from each other on a stem.

• Facing in the other direction.

  Example: They were moving in opposite directions.

• Of either of two complementary or mutually exclusive things.

  Example: He is attracted to the opposite sex.

• Extremely different; inconsistent; contrary; repugnant; antagonistic.

adverb

• In an opposite position.

  Example: I was on my seat and she stood opposite.

preposition

• Facing, or across from.

  Example: He lives opposite the pub.

• In a complementary role to.

  Example: He played opposite Marilyn Monroe.

• On another channel at the same time.

  Example: The game show Just Men! aired opposite The Young and the Restless on CBS.