Placed over against; standing or situated over against or in front; facing; - often with to; as, a house opposite to the Exchange; the concert hall and the state theater stood opposite each other on the plaza.
Situated on the other end of an imaginary line passing through or near the middle of an intervening space or object; - of one object with respect to another; as, the office is on the opposite side of town; - also used both to describe two objects with respect to each other; as, the stores were on opposite ends of the mall.
Applied to the other of two things which are entirely different; other; as, the opposite sex; the opposite extreme; antonyms have opposite meanings.
Extremely different; inconsistent; contrary; repugnant; antagonistic.
Set over against each other, but separated by the whole diameter of the stem, as two leaves at the same node.
One who opposes; an opponent; an antagonist.
That which is opposed or contrary in character or meaning; as, sweetness and its opposite; up is the opposite of down.
To stand in opposition; to exhibit difference, unlikeness, or opposition of qualities.
To set in opposition, or over against, in order to show the differences between, or the comparative excellences and defects of; to compare by difference or contrariety of qualities; as, to contrast the present with the past.
To give greater effect to, as to a figure or other object, by putting it in some relation of opposition to another figure or object.
The act of contrasting, or the state of being contrasted; comparison by contrariety of qualities.
Opposition or dissimilitude of things or qualities; unlikeness, esp. as shown by juxtaposition or comparison.
The opposition of varied forms, colors, etc., which by such juxtaposition more vividly express each other's peculiarities.
