opposite

Etymology
From, from , perfect passive participle of. Compare.

Adjective

 * 1) Located directly across from something else, or from each other.
 * She saw him walking on the opposite side of the road.
 * 1)  Of leaves and flowers, positioned directly across from each other on a stem.
 * 2) Facing in the other direction.
 * They were moving in opposite directions.
 * 1) Of either of two complementary or mutually exclusive things.
 * He is attracted to the opposite sex.
 * 1) Extremely different; inconsistent; contrary; repugnant; antagonistic.
 * , Book III
 * Particles of speech have divers, and sometimes almost opposite, significations.
 * Particles of speech have divers, and sometimes almost opposite, significations.

Translations

 * Arabic: ضِدّ
 * Hijazi Arabic: مُقابل, قُدَّام
 * Armenian: ,
 * Belarusian: супрацьле́глы
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:, , protilehlý
 * Danish: modsat
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἐναντίος
 * Hebrew: ממול
 * Hungarian: szemben levő,
 * Irish: urchomhaireach
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, 逆く
 * Korean:
 * Latin:
 * Maori: tauaro, hakehakeā
 * Mongolian:
 * Norman: opposé
 * Norwegian:
 * Occitan:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: mu choinneimh
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: супротан
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: protiľahlý
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: tapat
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Uzbek: ,
 * Vietnamese: bên kia,
 * Welsh:


 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hebrew: ממול
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: ,
 * Kabuverdianu: rabés
 * Malayalam: ,
 * Mongolian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Punjabi:
 * Shahmukhi: پُٹّھا, پُٹّھی, دُوجا, دُوجی
 * Romanian:, opusă
 * Sanskrit:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: tapat
 * Turkish:
 * Urdu: اُلْٹا, اُلٹی
 * Vietnamese:, ,


 * Arabic:
 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:, kontraŭa
 * Finnish:
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἐναντίος
 * Hebrew: הפוך
 * Ingrian: vassakkain
 * Interlingua: inverse, opposite
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh: кереғар
 * Maori: kōaro
 * Mongolian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese:

Noun

 * 1) Something opposite or contrary to something else.
 * 2) A person or thing that is entirely different from or the reverse of someone or something else; used to show contrast between two people or two things.
 * 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.
 * 1) An opponent.
 * 2) An antonym.
 * "Up" is the opposite of "down".
 * 1)  An additive inverse.

Translations

 * Catalan:
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: modsat
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: kontraŭo
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician: aveso, ,
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: andstæða
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Latvian: pretstats
 * Lithuanian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Piedmontese: opòst
 * Plautdietsch: Jäajendeel
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: kabaligtaran
 * Telugu:
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian: протиле́жність
 * Vietnamese: thứ trái ngược, điều trái ngược


 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:
 * Telugu: వ్యతిరేకి
 * Vietnamese:


 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Luxembourgish: Géigendeel
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: వ్యతిరేక పదం
 * Vietnamese: từ trái nghĩa

Adverb

 * 1) In an opposite position.
 * I was on my seat and she stood opposite.
 * Where's the bus station? -Over there, just opposite.

Translations

 * Arabic: عَلَى العَكْس
 * Egyptian Arabic: بالعكس
 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἔναντι
 * Japanese:
 * Mongolian:, эсрэг талд
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Swedish:
 * Vietnamese:

Preposition

 * 1) Facing, or across from.
 * 2) In a complementary role to.
 * 3)  On another channel at the same time.
 * The game show Just Men! aired opposite The Young and the Restless on CBS.
 * 1)  On another channel at the same time.
 * The game show Just Men! aired opposite The Young and the Restless on CBS.
 * The game show Just Men! aired opposite The Young and the Restless on CBS.

Translations

 * Arabic: فِي مُوَاجَهَة, أَمَام, مُقَابِل
 * Egyptian Arabic: قدام
 * Hijazi Arabic: قُدَّام, مُقابل
 * Armenian: ,
 * Basque: aurka
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: davant de
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: over for
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἀντί
 * Hindi:
 * Irish: ar aghaidh
 * Italian: di fronte a
 * Japanese: 向かい側
 * Maore Comorian: usoni mwa
 * Persian:
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: fa chomhair
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, tvärs över
 * Urdu: سامنے
 * Vietnamese:


 * Arabic: أَمَام
 * Egyptian Arabic: قدام
 * Finnish: vastanäyttelijänä

Adjective

 * 1)  located directly across from something else, or from each other

Noun

 * 1) opposite side