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Synonyms for opposite

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adjective · of leaves etc.; growing in pairs on either side of a stem

“opposite leaves”

adjective · characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed

“in diametric contradiction to his claims”

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’”

antonymopposite word
noun · a relation of direct opposition

“we thought Sue was older than Bill but just the reverse was true”

noun · a contestant that you are matched against
noun · something inverted in sequence or character or effect

“when the direct approach failed, he tried the inverse”

adverb · directly facing each other

“the two photographs lay face-to-face on the table”

Opposites of opposite