opposite

alternative opposit

1. not comparableLocated directly across from something else, or from each other.

   She saw him walking on the opposite side of the road.

2. not comparablebiologyOf leaves and flowers, positioned directly across from each other on a stem.
3. not comparableFacing in the other direction.

   They were moving in opposite directions.

4. not comparableOf either of two complementary or mutually exclusive things.

   He is attracted to the opposite sex.

5. not comparableExtremely different; inconsistent; contrary; antagonistic.

   , Book III Particles of speech have divers, and sometimes almost opposite, significations.

   1 more example

   Novels, by which the reader is misled into another sort of pieasure opposite to that which is designed in an epick poem.

   1697, Virgil, “Dedication”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC

   Synonyms: polar

plural opposites · alternative opposit

1. Something or someone opposite to something or someone else.
   1. A person or thing that is importantly (substantively) different from someone or something else.
   2. Especially, one that is different to the extreme degree of being the reverse.

      She is the opposite of her ex-boyfriend who abused her both physically and verbally nearly every day for five years. She now works as an advocate and supportive listener for others who have endured abusive relationships.

      Synonyms: polar opposite

   3. An opponent.

      The dogfighter fought closely with his opposite.

   4. A counterpart.

      The Swedish diplomat worked closely with his opposite from Denmark.

   5. An antonym.

      "Up" is the opposite of "down".

   6. mathematicsAn additive inverse.

alternative opposit

1. not comparableIn an opposite position.

   I was on my seat and she stood opposite.

   1 more example

   Where's the bus station? -Over there, just opposite.

2. not comparablebroadcastingOn another channel at the same time.

alternative opposit

1. Facing, or across from.

   There’s a bus stop opposite the faculty entrance, right on the other side of the road.

   1 more example

   It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street.[…]. He halted opposite the Privy Gardens, and, with his face turned skywards, listened until the sound of the Tower guns smote again on the ear and dispelled his doubts.

   1906, Stanley J[ohn] Weyman, chapter I, in Chippinge Borough, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co., →OCLC, page 01

   Synonyms: vis-à-vis

2. In a complementary role to.

   He played opposite Marilyn Monroe.

3. broadcastingOn another channel at the same time.

   The game show Just Men! aired opposite The Young and the Restless on CBS.