opposite
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1.0
- adjective
- /ˈɑːpəzɪt/
:
contrario
- She chose to go in the opposite direction when everyone else went left.
- the opposite direction
- exactly the opposite
- the opposite sex
And so we come from very opposite family dynamics.
- And so we come from very opposite family dynamics.
- It's, it's really those opposite ends, frenemies to me.
- So again, it's like that opposite range of the sine graph, right?
Examples
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And for Kant, freedom is the opposite of necessity.
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Like the land and the sea, though opposite to one another, together they make up the world.
Academic text (1990) -
So all of these things do the opposite thing to that.
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In fact, I am leading people to the opposite of those things.
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And it's just the opposite right now.
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The two items that ran in the opposite direction were items 14 and 15.
Academic text (2008) -
I came for the exact opposite reason.
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I guess everyone's going in the opposite direction.
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Turning, he called to Haplo, who was heading in the opposite direction toward the edge of town.
Fiction book (1991) -
The continuum is based on two sets of management actions that operate in opposite directions.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
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1.0
Not the same as another person or thing
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4.5
Opposed to something, often going against the facts
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6.1
Showing ideas or statements that do not agree and cannot both be true
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4.4
Completely opposite in opinion or action
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3.8
Different in appearance or nature
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8.4
Directly opposed in beliefs or purpose
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3.7
Clearly different from one another in a way you notice
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7.9
Completely opposite in beliefs or views
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7.3
Completely opposite in feeling or opinion
Directly opposite in idea or purpose
Different from another person or thing in important ways
Antonyms
Idioms
People in different groups who disagree with each other during a debate or conflict
Compounds
How Contrary
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word opposite comes from the Latin opponere, from ob- 'against' and ponere 'to place', which meant 'to put against'. Think of two people put 'against' each other with opposite views, and you can see why opposite also means 'completely different'.