opposite

Definition

  • noun: someone or something that is completely different from someone or something else
  • noun: something that is 'opposed' to some other often specified thing
  • adjective: located at the other end, side, or corner of something
  • adjective: set over against something that is at the other end or side of an intervening line or space
  • usually + 'to'
  • synonyms: facing, other, inconsistent

Examples

  • Once serving only small portions at high prices, the restaurant has gone to the 'opposite extreme' under the new owners. [=the restaurant now serves large amounts of food for low prices]

  • Put one leg forward, and then lift the arm that is 'opposite to' the forward leg. [=lift your right arm if your left leg is forward; lift your left arm if your right leg is forward]

  • He said that the disease is becoming more common, but really the 'opposite' is true. [=the disease is not becoming more common; it is becoming less common]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Easy with the yankin'. - I'm sorry, but it has to come out. - No, it's tender. Now, hold on. - What you're doing is the opposite of help. - Don't move. - Look, time out. - Would you-- Okay. What do you propose we do? Blue flower, red thorns. (..)
    2001 Shrek