opposite

Signification (Anglais)

Adj

1. Located directly across from something else, or from each other.
2. Of leaves and flowers, positioned directly across from each other on a stem.
3. Facing in the other direction.
4. Of either of two complementary or mutually exclusive things.
5. 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

In an opposite position.

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

upon

across from

antonym

reversed

opposed

opposed to

contradictory

opposition

in exchange for

antithesis

vis-a-vis

vis-à-vis

opposing

contrast

other

in front of

confronting

face-to-face

face to face

face

near to

opponent

on the opposite side

obverse

inverted

additive inverse

opposite word

antagonism

back

🔙

alien

👽

antagonistic

antipode

averse

beside

by

close to

confront

contradiction

contrasting

counter

diametric

diametrical

different

dissension

fronting

hostility

inside out

next to

objection

oppositely

opposite to

other side

paired

polar

reciprocal

resistance

wrong

anti-

retral

half

mutual opposition

contradistinction

in front

conflicting

part

complementary

inversely

inversion

invert

before

jarring

mismatch

centrary

vis-a- vis

backwards

oncoming

backward

at

oppose

aside

around

in the direction

opposite number

opposite side

mutually opposed

approaching

antithetical

opposed in quality

over

phase reversal

reversed phase

out-phase

relative

relativity

resist

in-phase opposition

return

reversal

antithetic

antipodean

reverse direction

reversion

shore

side

situation

to

unfavourable

antipodal

upside down

versus

vertically opposite

vice versa

antiphase

anti

Antarctican

wrong side out

across the street

antonymous

both sides

head towards

Antarctic

of opposite sign

absonant

wrong side

counterbalancing

counterpart

crossed

crosswise

denial

antarctic

joint together

diametrically

difference

counter-

contradictious

dissentient

dissident

double-dealing

corresponding

conversely

contrarily

contrariety

Prononcé comme (IPA)

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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.