According to Dictionary.com
–adjective
1.
2.
contrary or radically different in some respect common toboth, as in nature, qualities, direction, result, orsignificance; opposed: opposite sides in a controversy;opposite directions.
3.
4.
Botany .
b.
having one organ vertically above another;superimposed.
5.
adverse or inimical.
–noun
6.
a person or thing that is opposite or contrary.
–preposition
10.
in a role parallel or complementary to: He has playedopposite many leading ladies.
–adverb
11.
on opposite sides.
12.
on the opposite side: I was at one end and she sat opposite.
13.
to the opposite side; in the opposite direction: I went to theleft balcony, and he went opposite.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French < Latin oppositus, past participle of oppōnere to set against. See oppose, -ite2
1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French < Latin oppositus, past participle of oppōnere to set against. See oppose, -ite2
—Related forms
op·po·site·ly, adverb
op·po·site·ness, noun
sub·op·po·site, adjective
sub·op·po·site·ly, adverb
sub·op·po·site·ness, noun
—Synonyms
1. facing. 2. incompatible, irreconcilable, unlike, differing.Opposite, contrary, reverse imply that two things differ from eachother in such a way as to indicate a definite kind of relationship.Opposite suggests symmetrical antithesis in position, action, orcharacter: opposite ends of a pole, sides of a road, views. Contrary sometimes adds to opposite the idea of conflict or antagonism:contrary statements, beliefs. Reverse suggests something thatfaces or moves in the opposite direction: the reverse side of acoin; a reverse gear.
1. facing. 2. incompatible, irreconcilable, unlike, differing.Opposite, contrary, reverse imply that two things differ from eachother in such a way as to indicate a definite kind of relationship.Opposite suggests symmetrical antithesis in position, action, orcharacter: opposite ends of a pole, sides of a road, views. Contrary sometimes adds to opposite the idea of conflict or antagonism:contrary statements, beliefs. Reverse suggests something thatfaces or moves in the opposite direction: the reverse side of acoin; a reverse gear.
—Antonyms
2. same, like.
2. same, like.
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