opposite
- noun
- /ˈɑːpəzɪt/
- The opposite of hot is cold, representing two completely different temperatures.
- the exact opposite
- just the opposite
- the opposite is true
You know who's the opposite of my ideal client?
- You know who's the opposite of my ideal client?
- I used to have a friend that had the opposite opinion of me.
- Anger is the opposite, It breaks us apart.
- And I became the exact opposite of every single thing I was.
- And I love the fact that we've done the opposite of everything.
- I would do the exact opposite and just flip the script.
- Singularity looks like a white hole, the exact opposite of a black hole.
- And this is the beautiful opposites meeting in Kali.
- This is also a great polar opposite too, to death talking.
Examples
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And I became the exact opposite of every single thing I was.
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To repeat, genius is the opposite of imitation.
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I used to have a friend that had the opposite opinion of me.
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Take your worst fear, find the direct opposite of that.
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Play is the opposite of work, and I am happy.
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Should we just do the opposite of what he tells us to do?
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Nothing was as it seemed, and everything was the opposite of what it was supposed to be.
Fiction book (1990) -
White is white in relation to its opposite black, right?
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Wait, because the opposite of shame is pride, right?
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I mean, wow, it was the exact opposite of what I had been bracing for.
Synonyms
Something that is the opposite of what was said or expected
A situation that is the exact opposite of what was expected
A person or thing that is the exact opposite of another
Something that is the opposite of another thing in order or effect
A word with the opposite meaning of another word
The direct opposite of something, for example order and chaos
A word that has the reverse meaning of another word
A word that means the exact opposite of another word
A person or thing that is the direct opposite of another
Antonyms
Idioms
People in different groups who disagree with each other during a debate or conflict
Compounds
How Contrasting
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word opposite comes from Latin opponere, with ob- 'against' and ponere 'to place', so it meant 'something put against another'. That is why an opposite is the reverse or other side of something, like 'hot' and 'cold'.