Opposite word meaning and definition
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Click here if you Hate scroll, Show all | Too long, show scroll[noun] a contestant that you are matched against
[noun] a relation of direct opposition; "we thought Sue was older than Bill but just the reverse was true"
[noun] something inverted in sequence or character or effect; "when the direct approach failed he tried the inverse"
[adv] directly facing each other; "the two photographs lay face-to-face on the table"; "lived all their lives in houses face-to-face across the street"; "they sat opposite at the table"
[adjective] (botany) of leaves etc; growing in pairs on either side of a stem; "opposite leaves"
[adjective] characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed; "in diametric contradiction to his claims"; "diametrical (or opposite) points of view"; "opposite meanings"; "extreme and indefensible polar positions"
[adjective] altogether different in nature or quality or significance; "the medicine's effect was opposite to that intended"; "it is said that opposite characters make a union happiest"- Charles Reade
[adjective] the other one of a complementary pair; "the opposite sex"; "the two chess kings are set up on squares of opposite colors"
[adjective] being directly across from each other; facing; "And I on the opposite shore will be, ready to ride and spread the alarm"- Longfellow; "we lived on opposite sides of the street"; "at opposite poles"
[adjective] moving or facing away from each other; "looking in opposite directions"; "they went in opposite directions"
(a) Set over against each other, but separated by the whole diameter of the stem, as two leaves at the same node.
(b) Placed directly in front of another part or organ, as a stamen which stands before a petal.
\Op"po*site\, n. 1. One who opposes; an opponent; an antagonist. [Obs.] The opposites of this day's strife. --Shak. 2. That which is opposed or contrary; as, sweetness and its opposite. The virtuous man meets with more opposites and opponents than any other. --Landor.
Synonyms for opposite
antonym, contrary, diametric, diametrical, different, face-to-face, inverse, opponent, opposite word, opposition, other, paired, polar, reverse
Antonyms: alternate
See also: contestant | direct antonym | indirect antonym | oppositeness | opposition | word |
Related terms: adverse, antipathetic, antipodean, antithetical, contradistinct, contrariwise, contrary, counterterm, cross, eyeball to eyeball, fractious, inverse, not easy, on, opposing, poles apart, recalcitrant, setoff, to, troublesome, unlike, versus
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Let's analyse "opposite" as pure text. This string has Eight letters in Three syllables and Four vowels. 50% of vowels is 11.4% more then average English word. Written in backwards: ETISOPPO. Average typing speed for these characters is 2135 milliseconds. [info]
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Numerology Hearts desire number calculated from vowels:
opposite: 6 + 6 + 9 + 5 = 26, reduced: 8 . and the final result is Eight. |
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