Opposite

Definition: Opposite

Opposite

Adjective

1. Being directly across from each other; facing; "And I on the opposite shore will be, ready to ride and spread the alarm"- Longfellow; "we lived on opposite sides of the street"; "at opposite poles".

2. (botany) of leaves etc; growing in pairs on either side of a stem; "opposite leaves".

3. Moving or facing away from each other; "looking in opposite directions"; "they went in opposite directions".

4. The other one of a complementary pair; "the opposite sex"; "the two chess kings are set up on squares of opposite colors".

5. Altogether different in nature or quality or significance; "the medicine's effect was opposite to that intended"; "it is said that opposite characters make a union happiest"- Charles Reade.

6. Characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed; "in diametric contradiction to his claims"; "diametrical (or opposite) points of view"; "opposite meanings"; "extreme and indefensible polar positions".

Adverb

1. Directly facing each other; "the two photographs lay face-to-face on the table"; "lived all their lives in houses face-to-face across the street"; "they sat opposite at the table".

Noun

1. Two words that express opposing concepts; "to him the opposite of gay was depressed".

2. A relation of direct opposition; "we thought Sue was older than Bill but just the reverse was true".

3. A contestant that you are matched against.

4. Something inverted in sequence or character or effect; "when the direct approach failed he tried the inverse".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "opposite" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references)

Synonyms: Opposite

Compensation

Adjective: compensating, compensatory; countervailing; Verb: in the opposite scale; equivalent; (equal).

Contraposition

Verb: be opposite; Adjective: subtend.

Subcontrary; fronting, facing, diametrically opposite.

Contraposition, opposition; polarity; inversion; opposite side; reverse, inverse; counterpart; antipodes; opposite poles, North and South.

Antonym, opposite (contrariety).

Adjective: opposite; reverse, inverse; converse, antipodal,

Contrariety

Inversion; the opposite, the reverse, the inverse, the converse, the antipodes, the other extreme. Verb: be contrary; Adjective: contrast with, oppose; diller toto coelo.

Adjective: contrary, contrarious, contrariant; opposite, counter, dead against; converse, reverse; opposed, contrasted, antipodean, antagonistic, opposing; conflicting, inconsistent, contradictory, at cross purposes; negative; hostile. differing toto coelo; diametrically opposite; diametrically opposed; as opposite as black and white, as opposite as light and darkness, as opposite as fire and water, as opposite as the poles; as different as night and day; " Hyperion to a satyr"; quite the contrary, quite the reverse;no such thing, just the other way, tout au contraire.

Counteraction

Phrase: "for every action there is a reaction, equal in force and opposite in direction".

Inversion

Inverse; reverse; (contrary); opposite.

Recession

Phrase: like charges repel; opposite charges attract; like poles repel, opposite poles attract.

Recoil

Phrase: for every action there is a reaction equal in force and opposite in direction.

Crosswords: Opposite

This is, like, the opposite of what I wanted to do today (Scooby-Doo; writing credit: William Hanna; Joseph Barbera)

You better hope he is heading in the opposite direction (Knight Rider; writing credit: Cory Applebaum; Bob Benedetto)

and then I do the opposite! (Holiday; writing credit: Donald Ogden Stewart)

But I think seriously that most people want a composite of the opposite sex. Ya know, cuz you gals aren't ever going to find Antonio Banderas with the personality of Fred MacMurray (The Tao of Steve; writing credit: Duncan North; Greer Goodman)

And everyone knows that hate is not the opposite of love (Cheers; writing credit: Isaac Cronin; Wayne Wang)

Encouragement from the opposite, (You Will Be A Hot Dancer; performing artist: Incubus)

There's a picture opposite me (Birdhouse in Your Soul; performing artist: They Might Be Giants)

My dad warned me about the opposite sex (On A Night Like This; performing artist: Trick Pony)

And ooh ain't no pain like from the opposite sex (Just the Two of Us; performing artist: Will Smith)

For every action there is an equal and opposite criticism. (references; author: unknown)

The opposite of love is not hate, but apathy. You cannot hate someone you don't care about. (references; author: unknown)

That Woman Opposite (1957)

The Opposite Sex (1956)

Taken Opposite American Falls Panorama of American & Canadian Falls (1896)

The Opposite Sex (2003)

Opposite Sex (2000)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• An Uncommon Friendship: From Opposite Sides of the Holocaust (reference)

• GenderSell: How to Sell to the Opposite Sex (reference)

• Getting Ready for the Guy-Girl Thing: Two Ex-Teen Reveal the Shocking Truth About God's Plan for Success With the Opposite Sex! (reference)

• He's Hot, She's Hot: What to Look for in the Opposite Sex (reference)

• Luv Alwayz: The Opposite Sex & Relationships (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• The Opposite of Sex (reference)

• The Souler Opposite (reference)

• The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Opposite of December (reference)

• Opposite of H2O [EXPLICIT LYRICS] (reference)

• Opposite People/Sorrow Tears and Blood (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

From an overhead angle, a blue bowl of cereal and a sandwich on a plate, sitting on a yellow tablecloth, are shown in opposite corners of the frame. A broken muffin lies between them in the center. The red lettering in the upper left reads: "Eat 3-5 generous servings of whole grain breads and cereals every day". Shot on 4x5 format. This was used in the 1989 calendar "Eat for Good Health" May 1989. See artwork: PV-19. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer).

A black male doctor advises a female patient in an office. Both are seated opposite each other at a desk. Black and white photo and slides show the doctor's face over the woman's shoulder. The color shot is the reverse angle. See artwork: GR-42. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer).

San Francisco in April 1850, showing Clay Street, opposite Portsmouth Square. In: "The Annals of San Francisco". Frank Soule, John Gihon, and James Nesbit. 1855. Page 270. D. Appleton & Company, New York. F869.S3.S7 1855. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Photograph published in Bohemia, 1904, by the International League of Press Clubs, opposite page 26. Credit: NAVY.

A 40mm gun crew prepares to bombard enemy installations along the Korean coast, circa October 1950 - February 1951. Photograph was received by the Naval Photographic Center on 21 February 1951. Note radar antenna on this quad 40mm mount and ammunition loaded in guns. Another 40mm mount, pointed in the opposite direction, is in the upper left background. Credit: NAVY.

Uncle Sam and "Canadian Reciprocity" woman sitting on opposite ends of park bench with two small children, "Wool Bill" and "Farmer's Free List". Credit: Library of Congress.

Fitch's steamboat On the Delaware River, opposite Philadelphia / / designed by Reigart ; L.N. Rosenthal's lith., Phila. Credit: Library of Congress.

Dock on the south side of the James River, opposite Richmond, Va. Credit: Library of Congress.

Falmouth, Va., vicinity. Major Lacy's house opposite Fredericksburg. Credit: Library of Congress.

Manchester, Va. Factories on the James opposite Richmond. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Should the Czecho-Slovak State, the Serb-Croat-Slovene State or Roumania, with the authorisation of or under mandate from the International Commission, undertake maintenance, improvement, weir, or other works on a part of the river system which forms a frontier, these States shall enjoy on the opposite bank, and also on the part of the bed which is outside their territory, all necessary facilities for the survey, execution and maintenance of such works. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

But you have not an idea of what is requisite in situations directly opposite to your own.

Yet still, ever after that sorrowful day, Whenever the Butcher was by, The Beaver kept looking the opposite way, And appeared unaccountably shy.

But the ghost sat down on the opposite side of the fireplace, as if he were quite used to it.

He opened the bottle and wiped the top of it with the towel, which had the opposite effect to the one intended, in that the Ol' Janx Spirit instantly killed off millions of the germs which had been slowly building up quite a complex and enlightened civilization on the smellier patches of the towel

It was, it will be remembered, at the opposite point towards the road from Genappe, that the burying of the cuirassiers took place

The King enacts more wonders than a man, Daring an opposite to every danger

Tom pulled across into the opposite road

I have found it a singular luxury to talk across the pond to a companion on the opposite side

We're the opposite of people

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Some drugs had opposite effects on necrosis and apoptosis. (references)

It lasts a short time. Acute is the opposite of chronic, or long lasting. (references)

The vocal folds are two bands of smooth muscle tissue that lie opposite each other. (references)

Business

Availability and on-time delivery are critical considering opposite seasonal periods. (references)

Strong demand from government departments and banks ensured the market for dot matrix printers was kept alive even though the worldwide trend has been the opposite. (references)

On the opposite side, the last two categories (companies created for individual transactions and small companies founded by individuals engaged in writing small-ticket leases) are increasingly expanding their activity. (references)

Civil Liberties

Iran

Muslim men are free to marry non-Muslim women, but the opposite does not apply. (references)

Haiti

Print and electronic media from opposite ends of the political spectrum often criticize the Government. (references)

Economic History

Syria

For your reference, please see the list of attorneys beginning on the opposite page. (references)

Human Rights

Saudi Arabia

Persons convicted of less serious offenses, such as alcohol related offenses or being alone in the company of an unrelated person of the opposite sex, sometimes were punished by caning. (references)

Brunei

The law permits government intrusion into the privacy of individual persons, families, or homes; however, such intrusion rarely occurs, except in cases of enforcement of "khalwat," an Islamic prohibition regarding close proximity of a Muslim with a member of the opposite sex who is not one's spouse. (references)

Indigenous People

Australia

The Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Canberra, an informal NGO of Aboriginals that has set up a small structure on public land opposite the Old Parliament building, seeks to publicize aboriginal grievances. (references)

Political Economy

Oman

Oman is strategically located at the entrance to the Persian Gulf opposite Iran. (references)

Sudan

The Dinka and the Nuer are the two largest tribes and had been on opposite sides of the war since 1991. The Wunlit accord provided concrete mechanisms for peace, including a cease-fire, an amnesty, the exchange of abducted women and children, and monitoring mechanisms. (references)

Travel

Ghana

Opposite Labone Coffee Shop, Labone. (references)

Women

Kuwait

However, men and women practiced voluntary self-segregation, either by members of each gender sitting on opposite sides of a given classroom or by one gender choosing not to enroll in a given course. (references)

Worker Rights

India

Therefore, although the intention of the PITA was to increase enforcement efforts against the traffickers, pimps, and border operators, the opposite is the reality; a Calcutta NGO reports that on average, approximately 80 to 90 percent of the arrests made under the PITA in West Bengal state in the 1990's were of female sex workers. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "opposite": be opposite ♦ be the opposite ♦ diametrically opposite ♦ directly opposite ♦ for every action there is a reaction equal in force and opposite in direction ♦ in the opposite direction ♦ in the opposite scale ♦ just the opposite ♦ man opposite ♦ on the opposite side ♦ opposite angle ♦ opposite contrariety ♦ opposite course ♦ opposite number ♦ opposite one another ♦ opposite poles ♦ opposite poles attract ♦ opposite prompt side ♦ opposite side ♦ opposite to ♦ opposite word ♦ person opposite ♦ place opposite ♦ polar opposite ♦ the direct opposite ♦ the opposite ♦ the opposite is true ♦ the very opposite ♦ very opposite ♦ waves of opposite phases ♦ words of opposite meaning. Additional references.

Beginning with "opposite": opposite-leaved, opposite-sex.

Ending with "opposite": gender-opposite, pseudo-opposite.

Afrikaans

oorkant, teenoorgesteld (adverse, alien, contrary, reverse, reversed), vir (across from, against, during, for, in exchange for, in order to, opposed, opposed to, per, to, toward, towards, upon, whereas, while, whilst), teen (across from, against, at, by, in exchange for, on, opposed, opposed to, upon), jeens (across from, against, at, by, in exchange for, on, opposed, opposed to, upon). (various references)

Albanian

përballë (before, in front of, in the face of, versus, vis-à-vis). (various references)

Arabic 

‏معكوس (converse, counter, inverse, negative, reverse), ‏الضد, ‏خصم (adversary, antagonist, concurrent, deduct, discount, enemy, foe, hostile, knock off, levy, litigant, rebate, recoup, subtract, subtraction, withhold), ‏ضد (against, anti, con-, contra, converse, counter, inverse, versus, with), ‏تناقض (ambivalence, antinomy, be on the wane, conflict, contradiction, cross-purposes, discrepancy, inconsistency, opposition, repugnance), ‏نقيض (anti, antipode, antithesis, contradictory, mis-, negation, reverse), ‏معاد (antagonistic, black, hostile, inimical, iterative, repeated, unfriendly), ‏أمام (ahead, before, in front of), ‏معاكس (adverse, contrary, counter, counteractive, cross, untoward), ازا (in front of), ‏متضاد (contrary), ‏متضارب (clashing, conflicting, disagreeing, discordant, incompatible, incongruous, inconsistent, irreconcilable), ‏متعارض (conflicting, cross, cross-cut, discordant, discrepant, inconsistent), ‏متواجه, ‏مواجه (obverse, opponent), ‏مقابل (consideration, counter attack, facing, obverse, return, versus, vis a vis), ‏معارض (antagonist, contrary, dissenting, in opposition to, objecting, opposed, reluctant, resistant, unfavorable, unfavourable, unwilling). (various references)

Breton

a-dal. (various references)

Bulgarian 

съответен (adequate, analogous, appropriate, congruent, congruous, consentaneous, correspondent, corresponding, homologous, parallel, proper, reciprocal, relevant, respective, several), срещуположен (adverse, opponent), срещу (against, at, contra, for, in return for, on, up, versus, vis-а-vis, with), отсрещен (far), отсреща, обратен (back, backward, contrary, converse, counter, cross, inverse, inversive, obverse, reactive, reciprocal, retrograde, return, reverse, wrong), насрещен (adverse, counter, cross, crosswind, foul, head, oncoming, unfavorable, unfavourable), насреща, антипод (antipode), противоположност (contradistinction, contrast, incongruity, inverse, obverse, opposition), противоположен (adversative, antithetic, antithetical, contrary, converse, counter, inverse, inversive, obverse, opponent, opposing, reverse), диаметрално различен. (various references)

Chinese 

相反 (contrary). (various references)

Czech

naproti (facing, over the way), opak (contrary, reverse). (various references)

Danish

modsat (adverse, alien, contrary). (various references)

Dutch

tegenover (across from, against, in exchange for, opposed to, upon), aan de overkant van (across, beyond, on the other side of). (various references)

Esperanto

transe, mala (contrary), kontraŭe de, kontraŭ (across from, against, in exchange for, opposed to, upon), fronte al. (various references)

Estonian

vastas. (various references)

Faeroese

ímóti (across from, against, in exchange for, opposed to, upon). (various references)

Farsi 

مقابل (Contrary, For, Inverse, Off), وارونه (Backward, Converse, Inverse, Reverse, Upsidedown), عکس قضیه , ضد (Adversary, Antagonist, Foe, Hostile, Opponent), ازروبرو, روبرو (Adverse). (various references)

Finnish

vastapäätä (across the street), vastakkainen (contrary, reverse, reversed). (various references)

Flemish

rechtover. (various references)

French

opposé (opposed, opposing), contraire (opposed, opposed to, opposing). (various references)

Frisian

tsjin (across from, against, in exchange for, opposed to, upon). (various references)

Galician

frente. (various references)

German

gegenüber (across from, against, compared with, comparison in comparison with, counterpart, fornent, in exchange for, in the face of, opponent, opposed to, opposite number, opposite to, over the way, to, toward, towards, upon, via, vis-à-vis, with regard to, with respect to), Gegenteil (contrary, converse, inverse, reverse). (various references)

Greek 

έναντι (against, on the other side, versus), αντίρροποσ (counterbalancing), αντίθετοσ (absonant, adverse, contrary, contrasting, jarring, opposed), αντίθετος (averse, averse to, opposing), αντίθετο (antonym, converse), απέναντι (abreast, across). (various references)

Haitian Creole

anfas. (various references)

Hawaiian

kundër (across from, against, in exchange for, opposed to, upon). (various references)

Hebrew 

כלפי (against, toward, towards), נגדי (adverse, contradictory, contrary, counter-), נגוד (antagonism, antithesis, contradiction, contrast, inverse, opposition), נוגד (adversative, contrasting), נוכחי (current, present), הפכי (contradictory, reverse), נגד (against, before, contrary to, dragger, in front of, resistor, upon, versus), כנגד (against, contrary to, facing, for), ממול (across, facing, in front of), איפכה (contrary), לנוכח (because of, in consideration of, in front of, straight), לעומת (against, compared to, vis a vis), מנוגד (antithetic, contrary, converse, counter, incompatible, reverse), מקביל (analogous, analogue, corresponding, parallel), מול (against, facing, in front of), הפך (contrary, inverse, reverse, turn into, turn upside down). (various references)

Hungarian

szemben levő, ellentétes (adversary, adversative, adverse, antagonistic, antithetic, antithetical, conflicting, contradictory, contrary, converse, counteractive, cross, inverse, jarring, obverse, opposed, retrograde, reverse, to hunt counter). (various references)

Icelandic

mótstæður (adverse, alien, contrary), móti, andstæður (adverse, alien, contrary). (various references)

Indonesian

seberang (across, foreign), sebaliknya (on the contrary, on the other hand, otherwise, ought, the other way, vice versa), lawan (converse, opponent, versus). (various references)

Irish

in aghaidh (against, in exchange for, opposed to, upon), in éadan (against, in exchange for, opposed to, upon), i gcoinne (against, in exchange for, opposed to, upon), faoi (about, about it, against, below, beneath, in exchange for, opposed to, under, underneath, upon). (various references)

Italian

opposto (conflicting, contrary, converse, cross, opposed, opposed to, opposing, warring), dirimpetto (facing), di fronte (across from, facing, front), contro (across, across from, against, at, con, counter, in exchange for, opposed, opposed to, upon, versus), contrario (adverse, antonym, averse, contrary, converse, cross, deprecatory, disinclined, loath, negative, opponent, opposed, oppositional, refusing, reverse). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

向かい (across the street, facing, other side). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ぎゃく (reverse), たいきょく (antipodes, antithesis, general situation, otherextreme, the whole point), たいこう (antagonism, archduke, body cavity, corresponding, counter-, distinguished or meritorious service, empress dowager, expulsion, face, father of the Imperial adviser, fundamental principles, general features, great talent, leaving school, light pink, opposition, outline, pertaining to school, queen mother, regression, retrogression, Toyotomi Hideyoshi), うらおもて (both sides, double-dealing, reverse, wrong side out), うらはら (contrary, reverse), うら (back, divination, inlet, inside, last half, lining, palm, rear, reverse side, sole, tip, top end, undersurface, wrong side), あべこべ (contrary, inverse), あわせ (facing, joint together, lined kimono), むかい (across the street, facing, other side), はんたい (antagonism, contrast, dissension, hostility, objection, opposition, resistance, reverse, vice versa), はん (antagonism, anti-, antithesis, domain, edition, example, fiefdom, group, half, judgment, mediocrity, model, monogram signature, pan-, party, seal, section, stamp, trouble). (various references)

Korean 

반대 (Contraries, Contrary, inverse, Objecting, Objection, opposing, Opposition). (various references)

Lombard

contra (across from, against, in exchange for, opposed to, upon). (various references)

Luxembourgish

face, en (a, it). (various references)

Malay

lawan (across from, against, in exchange for, opposed to, upon). (various references)

Manx

hoal noi, hoal (across, beyond, come over, hence, overleaf, reverse, yonder). (various references)

Norwegian

overfor, motsatt (adverse, alien, contrary), mot (across from, against, courage, from, grit, in exchange for, opposed to, upon). (various references)

Papiamen

kontra (across from, against, come across, encounter, in exchange for, meet, opposed to, see, upon), anti (across from, against, in exchange for, opposed to, upon). (various references)

Pig Latin

oppositeay.(various references)

Polish

w zamian (across from, against, in exchange for, opposed to, upon), przeciwny (adverse, alien, contrary), przeciw (across from, against, in exchange for, opposed to, upon), naprzeciw (across from, against, in exchange for, opposed to, upon). (various references)

Portuguese

oposto (ambivalent, antagonist, antagonistic, antipathic, antithesis, averse, backward, concurrent, contrary, converse, counter, cross, dissentient, hard-mouthed, opposed, repugnant, reverse, warring). (various references)

Romanian

opus (adverse, antipathic, converse, counter, cross, opponent, opposed, opus, reverse), opoziţie (antagonism, antithesis, caveat, conflict, contradistinction, contraposition, contrariety, dead set, hostility, opponency, opposition, resistance, stand), vizavi de, vizavi (across), raport de opoziţie, pe partea cealaltã (beyond), lucru opus, invers (about, backward, backwards, by contraries, contrarily, contrariwise, converse, conversely, counter, inverse, inversely, opposed, reciprocally, reverse, topsy turvy, vice versa), de partea cealaltã (across, over), contrar (adverse, against, antipathic, bad, contrarily, contrary, converse, counter, foul, opponent, opposed, retrograde, reverse), contra (across from, against, con, contra, counter, for, in exchange for, opposed to, upon, versus), ca partener, antonimic faţã de, antonimic (antonymous), împotriva (across from, against, at, dead against, for, in exchange for, opposed to, upon). (various references)

Russian 

расположенный напротив, напротив противоположный, напротив (adversely, contra, in front of), противоположный (adverse, antipathic, antipodal, antipodean, contrary, counter, opponent, opposed), противоположность (contrariety, contrary, contrast, inverse, reciprocal), против (across from, against, agin, athwart, contra, opposed to, over against, upon, versus, vs), п� (ascend, dance, desire, diagram, get, jump, lie, plan). (various references)

Scottish

an aghaidh (across from, against, in exchange for, opposed to, upon). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

obrnut (converse, inverse, inverted, reverse, versed), suprotnost (antithesis, contrary, contrast, converse, obverse, opposition, reverse, set off), suprotna strana, suprotan (adversative, adverse, contrary, converse, counter, opponent, opposed, opposing, reverse, unalike, unfavorable, unfavourable), spram (according to, vis-ŕ-vis), protivan (adversative, antagonist, averse, opposed, other), prema (according to, in, on, per, to, toward, unto, vis-ŕ-vis), prekoputa (across, vis-ŕ-vis), preko puta (vis-ŕ-vis), naspram (opposition: in opposition to, versus, vis-ŕ-vis). (various references)

Slovene

nasprotni, nasproti. (various references)

Somali

horjeedka. (various references)

Spanish

enfrente de (opp.), opuesto (antipathetic, antipathetical, averse, conflicting, contradictory, contrary, converse, facing, farther, further, inverse, jarring, opposed, polar, reverse, rival), contra (across from, against, agin, athwart, contra, double, in exchange for, opposed to, to, trouble, upon), frente a (across from, facing, versus), enfrente. (various references)

Swahili

juu ya (above, across from, against, in exchange for, on, opposed to, over, upon). (various references)

Swedish

motsatt (adverse, alien, contrary, converse, counter, discordant, disparate, obverse, off-key, opponent, opposing, reverse), mot (across from, against, at, contra, for, in exchange for, on, opposed to, to, towards, unto, upon, versus, vs, with), emot (across from, against, in exchange for, opposed to, to, towards, upon). (various references)

Tagalog

tapat, lában sa (across from, against, in exchange for, opposed to, upon). (various references)

Thai

สิ่งที่อยู่ตรงกันข้าม, ที่อยู่ตรงกันข้าม, ซึ่งอยู่คนละด้าน. (various references)

Turkish

karşılıklı (conjugate, inter-, mutual, opposed, opposing, reciprocal, reciprocating, tete a tete), aleyh (across from, against, in exchange for, opposed to, upon), aleyhínde (across from, against, in exchange for, opposed to, upon), aleyhinde (con-, gainst, versus), karşı (against, anti-, athwart, before, con, con-, contra, contrary, counter, discordant, facing, for, gainst, opponent, opposed, opposing, repugnant, to, toward, towards, versus), karşı karşıya (face to face, facing each other, facing one another, over against, vis-à-vis), karşı olan (antagonistic, antipathetic, antipathetical, averse, facing, oppositional), karşı tarafta (on the opposite side, per contra), aksi (adverse, awkward, bad tempered, bilious, bloody minded, cantankerous, contra, contra-, contrary, counter, crabbed, crabby, cross, cross-grained, crosspatch, crotchety, doggish, dour, evil, fractious, fretful, Froward, gruff, ill natured, ill tempered, ill-humored, ill-humoured, inverse, negatory, peevish, perverse, petulant, recalcitrant, refractory, reverse, shirty, snappish, snuffy, spleenful, spleenish, stroppy, stubborn, sullen, surly, tart, testy, unfavorable, unfavourable, unfortunate, unhappy, unlucky, untoward, wrongheaded), karşıda, zıt anlamlı, karşısında (across, before, in front of, in the face of, over against), karşısındaki, karşıt (adverse, anti-, antipathetic, antipathetical, antithetic, antithetical, athwart, contra, contra-, contradictory, contrary, converse, cross, inimical, jarring, objector, opponent, opposed, reciprocal, reciprocating, reverse), karxe (across from, against, in exchange for, opposed to, upon), muhalif (adversary, antagonist, antagonistic, anti, contrary, critic, dead against, dead-set against, defiant, disaffected, dissenter, dissentient, dissident, hostile, objector, opponent, opposing, oppositional, repugnant, warring), ters (acrimonious, adverse, agley, Amiss, awkward, awry, backward, backwards, bad tempered, bloody minded, churlish, contradictory, contrary, converse, counter, crabbed, cranky, curt, cussed, dour, face down, fractious, fretful, Froward, frowning, grumpy, ill natured, illegitimate, indecorous, inimical, inverse, inversely, inverted, mis-, negative, off, opposing, perverse, retro-, reverse, snuffy, sub-, unfavorable, unfavourable, upside down, versed, wayward, wrong, wrongly), zıt (adverse, anti-, antipole, antithetic, antithetical, athwart, conflicting, converse, counter, diametrical, jarring, negative, opponent, opposed, polar, reverse), karşı yönde. (various references)

Turkmen 

tersine.Turkmen/English Dictionary 102, aсry. (various references)

Ukrainian

розташований навпроти (adverse), навпроти (against, vis-а-vis), зворотний (back, backward, contrary, converse, counter, homeward, inverse, inverted, rearward, reflexive, regressive, relapsing, retrogressive, reverse, reversionary), протилежність (contradistinction, inverse, oppositeness, opposition, reciprocal, reverse), протилежний за характером, протилежний за властивостями, протилежний за природою, протилежний (adverse, alien from, contrary, converse, counter, opponent, otherways, otherwise, reverse), проти (against, athwart, contrary to, counter, up, versus). (various references)

Vietnamese 

trước mặt, ngược nhau, điều trái lại (but), điều ngược lại, đối nhau (antithetic, antithetical). (various references)

Welsh

yn erbyn (across from, against, opposed to, upon), gyferbyn (over against), gwrthwyneb (contrary), gogyfer (by, for), cyferbyniol (opposing), cyferbyn a+ (opposite to), cyferbyn, ar gyfer (for). (various references)

anti-. (various references)

adposita, adpositae, adpositaque, adpositi, adpositis, adpositus, adpositusque, adversarius, adversum, adversus, contra, contraque, contraria, contrariae, contrarias, contrarii, contrario, contrarios, contrarium, contrarius, diversa, diversam, diversarum, diversarumque, diversi, diversis, diverso, diversorum, diversos, diversum, diversus, econtra, erga. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "opposite": oppositely, oppositeness, oppositenesses, opposites. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Opposite" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: epipodite, epsomite, omposite, ompposite, opoosite, oposit, oposite, Opositora, opositte, oppoisite, oppoite, opposit, oppositie, oppsite, poussette. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: isotope, potpies.

-2 letters: oppose, otiose, pipets, popsie, potpie, potsie, sippet, sopite.

-3 letters: estop, pepos, pesto, pipes, pipet, piste, poets, poise, poops, popes, posit, spite, stipe, stoop, stope, topes, topis, topoi, topos.

-4 letters: epos, oops, oots, opes, opts, pepo, peps, peso, pest, pets, pies, pipe, pips, piso, pits, poet, pois, poop, pope, pops, pose, post.

+1 letter: opposites.

+2 letters: oppositely.

+3 letters: aposiopetic, phlogopites, phosphorite, photocopies, pomposities, preportions, preposition, propionates, proprietors.

+4 letters: apostrophise, apostrophize, coprosperity, lipoproteins, oppositeness, phosphorites, photocopiers, photoperiods, photospheric, pleiotropies, postpositive, prepositions, psephologist, reapportions, topographies, tropospheric.

+5 letters: apostrophised, apostrophises, apostrophized, apostrophizes, coproprietors, depopulations, expropriators, lepidopterous, leptospiroses, leptospirosis, opportunities, photographies, photopositive, postoperative, prepositional, propositioned, protectorship, prototrophies, psephologists, pyromorphites, repopulations, spectroscopic, superposition, suppositories.