opposite
being directly across from each other; facing
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,080 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 16,928 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.008% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- being directly across from each other; facing And I on the opposite shore will be, ready to ride and spread the alarmwe lived on opposite sides of the street
- of leaves etc; growing in pairs on either side of a stem also: paired opposite leaves
- moving or facing away from each other looking in opposite directionsthey went in opposite directions
- the other one of a complementary pair the opposite sexthe two chess kings are set up on squares of opposite colors
- altogether different in nature or quality or significance the medicine's effect was opposite to that intendedit is said that opposite characters make a union happiest
- characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed also: diametric, diametrical, polar in diametric contradiction to his claimsdiametrical (or opposite) points of view
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 also: antonym, opposite word to him the antonym of `gay' was `depressed'
- a relation of direct opposition also: reverse, contrary we thought Sue was older than Bill but just the reverse was true
opposite in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Then, opposite the saints, behold the evil spirits!
The Dream · Émile Zola · Chapter 1
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She passed before him like a flash, opened the opposite door, and disappeared.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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The people one wants at the same time are always nailed to the opposite ends of the earth.
Emily Fox-Seton · Frances Hodgson Burnett · Chapter 1
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Mr. Stiles took a seat by the window and lolling back put his foot up on the cushions opposite.
Admiral Peters Odd Craft, Part 14. · W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs · Chapter 1
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The two aeronauts swung over on opposite sides of the car and, face to face, hung by their hands beneath.
The Land of the Changing Sun · Will N. (Will Nathaniel) Harben · Chapter 1