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    Synonyms and Definitions

    Use "opposite" in a sentence

    opposite example sentences

    opposite


    1. Herndon was still on the opposite step and used the opportunity to go use the digester can


    2. sat opposite me clutching to his chest a large briefcase


    3. Herndon was the opposite of Kulai


    4. From the opposite end of the basement, Johnny and Nancy also entered the room


    5. ‘Not very well … in fact, I found living opposite them extremely difficult, Inspector


    6. The above are indicators of our usual ‘understanding’ of relationship with the opposite sex


    7. It is just the opposite, that most aphids are under the control of their ant masters


    8. The truck's angle is linked by fiber cables running along the top of the backbone so both trucks turn the same amount in opposite directions


    9. Inversions are particularly valuable in this aspect but if overdone, the opposite effect will occur


    10. moved both armchairs so that the couple could sit opposite the Marchese

    11. ‘It’s to do with that … that unpleasantness opposite


    12. and Jen hurled themselves off the bed and ran to the opposite corners of the room,


    13. It was a such a crowded streetcar that they had to take opposite sides


    14. Her hands gripped opposite edges of the round table top


    15. -- NAIF -- is pushed hurtling past Russ and then crashes into the opposite wall


    16. Estwig climbed up also, on the side opposite Tahlmute


    17. surface of the tea, and with a tiny, eighty year old flourish she sat down opposite her


    18. Abdullah and Akbar take up positions on opposite sides of the Rover


    19. Faith is the direct opposite of fear, so it has an opposite effect in man’s


    20. Russ and Khalid sit opposite him

    21. wooden chair opposite him and sat down he couldn’t believe his luck


    22. As a physical specimen, he was entirely the opposite of the poor wretch sitting


    23. The brothers both smiled, being equal and opposite parts of each other, the


    24. and go in the opposite direction, far away from sin


    25. My bedroom is at the opposite end of the house to Liz’s section, with Stephen’s room somewhere in the middle between the two ends of the house


    26. In the middle of the wall opposite the mattress I traced at head height the outline of a caged light fitting


    27. By edging my way along the mattress I could position myself opposite where I thought the bucket should be and then I shuffled forward onto the rough concrete floor


    28. It was a leap of faith, especially when my earlier thoughts had run in completely the opposite direction


    29. "No," he said, "I am the opposite of dogma


    30. As he told me before, this room looks out on the front of the house where the woods opposite come down to the road outside

    31. He would be utterly nondescript but for the fact that he sat opposite me and held the power of life and death over my head


    32. Except for one, its entire surface is a large window, and on the opposite side is a room that matches Apollo's, exactly


    33. A simple way of saying that we two are still here: that the single occupant of the room opposite mine was still there


    34. The door opposite mine


    35. This was about as high as the tide would go, it was opposite Kortrax at this end of the lake


    36. How can we gain more insight to what the darkness and the depths represent if the Spirit and the waters are the opposites? The problem really comes down to the deep being opposite of the waters


    37. For a couple of endless seconds, I watched the two spectral snakes stir as if they were coming to life; they slowly moved in opposite directions, separated and finally disappeared from sight


    38. Christ brings the opposite of these things


    39. As she pulled out the blue wooden chair opposite him and sat down he couldn’t believe his luck


    40. Laughter: It means the opposite in real life, that is tears

    41. It is quite the opposite


    42. Prude: If you dream of being prudish, it means that you are the opposite in real life


    43. Towel: If you are using a nice, clean towel, you will have good health and family happiness; if it is worn out and dirty, it means the opposite


    44. As a physical specimen, he was entirely the opposite of the poor wretch sitting cross legged in the back of the Metro


    45. "It is the opposite extreme


    46. When Alan and Desa had their masts shifted, the sails were now taking the ends of the ship in opposite directions


    47. Resistance is the opposite of


    48. And then the wind came right around, within a minute and a half it was opposite and they fled before it


    49. ‘What will you do if you come across, Iain?’ she asked as he settled himself opposite her in the front room


    50. Since when has it been taught that God’s law and commandments are precious? Far too often it is quite the opposite














































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    Synonyms for "opposite"

    antonym opposite opposite word opponent opposition contrary reverse inverse paired diametric diametrical polar face-to-face face to face converse different differing abreast fronting contrasting against retrograde opposing antagonistic hostile inimical opposed refractory antipode paradox

    "opposite" definitions

    a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other


    a relation of direct opposition


    a contestant that you are matched against


    something inverted in sequence or character or effect


    being directly across from each other; facing


    of leaves etc; growing in pairs on either side of a stem


    moving or facing away from each other


    the other one of a complementary pair


    altogether different in nature or quality or significance


    characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed


    directly facing each other