opposite

  • (noun): Something opposite or contrary to something else.
  • (noun): An opponent.
  • (noun): An antonym.
  • (noun): An additive inverse.
  • (adjective): Located directly across from something else, or from each other.
  • (adjective): Of leaves and flowers, positioned directly across from each other on a stem.
  • (adjective): Facing in the other direction.
  • (adjective): Of either of two complementary or mutually exclusive things.
  • (adjective): Extremely different; inconsistent; contrary; repugnant; antagonistic.
  • (adverb): In an opposite position.
  • (preposition): Facing, or across from.
  • (preposition): In a complementary role to.
  • (preposition): On another channel at the same time.
  • "Up" is the opposite of "down".
  • She saw him walking on the opposite side of the road.
  • They were moving in opposite directions.
  • He is attracted to the opposite sex.
  • I was on my seat and she stood opposite.