'when the direct approach failed he tried the inverse'.something inverted in sequence or character or effect Synonyms.'we thought Sue was older than Bill but just the reverse was true'.a relation of direct opposition Synonyms.a contestant that you are matched against Synonyms.'to him the antonym of `gay' was `depressed''.a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other Synonyms.'the two photographs lay face-to-face on the table'.'lived all their lives in houses face-to-face across the street'.'we lived on opposite sides of the street'įace to face, face to face, face-to-face Examples.'And I on the opposite shore will be, ready to ride and spread the alarm'.being directly across from each other facing Examples.'the two chess kings are set up on squares of opposite colors'.the other one of a complementary pair Examples.'the medicine's effect was opposite to that intended'.'it is said that opposite characters make a union happiest'.altogether different in nature or quality or significance.'in diametric contradiction to his claims'.'extreme and indefensible polar positions'.'diametrical (or opposite) points of view'.characterized by opposite extremes completely opposed Synonyms.of leaves etc growing in pairs on either side of a stem Synonyms.Definitions and Meaning of opposite in English opposite adjective

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