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

1. adjective. Placed over against; standing or situated over against or in front; facing; -- often with to; as, a house opposite to the Exchange.
2. adjective. Applied to the other of two things which are entirely different; other; as, the opposite sex; the opposite extreme.
3. adjective. Extremely different; inconsistent; contrary; repugnant; antagonistic.
4. adjective. Set over against each other, but separated by the whole diameter of the stem, as two leaves at the same node.
5. adjective. Placed directly in front of another part or organ, as a stamen which stands before a petal.
6. noun. One who opposes; an opponent; an antagonist.
7. noun. That which is opposed or contrary; as, sweetness and its opposite.
8. noun. 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

9. noun. a contestant that you are matched against

   Synonyms: opponent, opposition

10. noun. a relation of direct opposition

    "we thought Sue was older than Bill but just the reverse was true"

    Synonyms: contrary, reverse

11. noun. something inverted in sequence or character or effect

    "when the direct approach failed he tried the inverse"

    Synonyms: inverse

12. adjective. of leaves etc; growing in pairs on either side of a stem

    "opposite leaves"

    Synonyms: paired

13. adjective. characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed

    "in diametric contradiction to his claims"

    "diametrical (or opposite) points of view"

    Synonyms: diametric, diametrical, polar

14. adjective. 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"

15. adjective. the other one of a complementary pair

    "the opposite sex"

    "the two chess kings are set up on squares of opposite colors"

16. adjective. 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"

17. adjective. moving or facing away from each other

    "looking in opposite directions"

    "they went in opposite directions"

18. adverb. 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

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in opposite:

poopiest

Common word forms

opposites, oppositely, oppositeness

Words from these letters

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