Dictionary Entry

opposite

opposite is a 8-letter English word with 18 senses as adjective, noun, and adverb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Placed over against; standing or situated over against or in front; facing; -- often with to; as, a house opposite to the Exchange. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 18 senses

Definitions

1adjective
Placed over against; standing or situated over against or in front; facing; -- often with to; as, a house opposite to the Exchange.
2adjective
Applied to the other of two things which are entirely different; other; as, the opposite sex; the opposite extreme.
3adjective
Extremely different; inconsistent; contrary; repugnant; antagonistic.
4adjective
Set over against each other, but separated by the whole diameter of the stem, as two leaves at the same node.
5adjective
Placed directly in front of another part or organ, as a stamen which stands before a petal.
6noun
One who opposes; an opponent; an antagonist.
7noun
That which is opposed or contrary; as, sweetness and its opposite.
8noun
a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other
"to him the antonym of `gay' was `depressed'"
Synonyms
antonym
9noun
a contestant that you are matched against
Synonyms
opponent opposition
10noun
a relation of direct opposition
"we thought Sue was older than Bill but just the reverse was true"
Synonyms
contrary reverse
11noun
something inverted in sequence or character or effect
"when the direct approach failed he tried the inverse"
Synonyms
inverse
12adjective
of leaves etc; growing in pairs on either side of a stem
"opposite leaves"
Synonyms
paired
13adjective
characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed
"in diametric contradiction to his claims"
"diametrical (or opposite) points of view"
Synonyms
diametric diametrical polar
14adjective
altogether different in nature or quality or significance- Charles Reade
"the medicine's effect was opposite to that intended"
"it is said that opposite characters make a union happiest"
15adjective
the other one of a complementary pair
"the opposite sex"
"the two chess kings are set up on squares of opposite colors"
16adjective
being directly across from each other; facing- Longfellow
"And I on the opposite shore will be, ready to ride and spread the alarm"
"we lived on opposite sides of the street"
17adjective
moving or facing away from each other
"looking in opposite directions"
"they went in opposite directions"
18adverb
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"

Synonyms

antonym opponent opposition contrary reverse inverse paired diametric diametrical polar

Common word forms

opposites oppositely oppositeness

Words from these letters

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