opposite
adverb
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directly facing each otherface-to-face
adjective
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of leaves etcpaired
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characterized by opposite extremespolardiametricdiametrical
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altogether different in nature or quality or significance“the medicine's effect was opposite to that intended”
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the other one of a complementary pair“the opposite sex”
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being directly across from each other
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moving or facing away from each other“looking in opposite directions”
noun
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a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each otherantonymopposite word
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a contestant that you are matched againstopposition
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a relation of direct oppositionreversecontrary
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something inverted in sequence or character or effectinverse