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’"
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