opposite
adjective
[ ˈɒpəzɪt ]
• situated on the other or further side when seen from a specified or implicit viewpoint; facing.
• "a crowd gathered on the opposite side of the street"
Similar:
facing,
face to face with,
across from,
eyeball to eyeball with,
fronting,
opposing,
• completely different; of a contrary kind.
• "a word that is opposite in meaning to another"
Similar:
conflicting,
contrasting,
incompatible,
irreconcilable,
inconsistent,
antithetical,
converse,
contradictory,
clashing,
contrary,
at variance,
at odds,
different,
differing,
divergent,
dissimilar,
unlike,
unalike,
disagreeing,
opposed,
opposing,
poles apart,
polar,
obverse,
oppugnant,
opposite
noun
• a person or thing that is totally different from or the reverse of someone or something else.
• "we were opposites in temperament"
Similar:
reverse,
converse,
antithesis,
contrary,
inverse,
obverse,
contradiction,
the other extreme,
the other side of the coin,
per contra,
flip side,
antipode,
antipodes,
opposite
adverb
• in a position facing a specified or implied subject.
• "she was sitting almost opposite"
opposite
preposition
• in a position on the other side of a specific area from; facing.
• "they sat opposite one another"
• (of a leading actor) in a complementary role to (another).
• "the star was a young man playing opposite an older woman"
Origin:
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin oppositus, past participle of opponere ‘set against’.
