opposite

Signification (Anglais)

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Located directly across from something else, or from each other.
2. (not-comparable) Of leaves and flowers, positioned directly across from each other on a stem.
3. (not-comparable) Facing in the other direction.
4. (not-comparable) Of either of two complementary or mutually exclusive things.
5. (not-comparable) Extremely different; inconsistent; contrary; repugnant; antagonistic.

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.
3. An opponent.
4. An antonym.
5. An additive inverse.

Adv

1. (not-comparable) In an opposite position.
2. (not-comparable) On another channel at the same time.

Prep

1. Facing, or across from.
2. In a complementary role to.
3. On another channel at the same time.

Concepts

opposé

contraire

inverse

en face

opposition

en face de

vis-à-vis

contre

adversaire

ci-contre

contradictoire

opposée

antonymie

duplicité

opposant

polaire

l’autre côté

anti-

oppossé

envers et endroit

les deux côtés

antagonisme

antonyme

autre

devant

hostilité

inversement

objection

opposé [par le sommet]

résistance

antarctique

antithétique

d’en face

Synonymes

contrary

reverse

inverse

facing

against

converse

across

adverse

antonym

upon

across from

reversed

contradictory

opposed

opposed to

in exchange for

opposition

opposing

antithesis

contrast

vis-à-vis

vis-a-vis

other

in front of

opponent

antagonism

obverse

inverted

face-to-face

opposite word

on the opposite side

face

face to face

additive inverse

confronting

near to

by

beside

oppositely

objection

averse

counter

inside out

next to

opposite to

fronting

contrasting

hostility

antagonistic

back

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Traductions

opposto

contrario

Gegenteil

gegenüber

opuesto

contrario

enfrente

di fronte

entgegengesetzt

tegengesteld

tegenover

contrari

oposto

gegenüberliegend

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈɒpəzɪt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Old French oposite, from Latin oppositus, perfect passive participle of oppōnō (“I oppose”). Compare oppose.

Phrases

Communism is the opposite of capitalism .

Le communisme est l'opposé du capitalisme.