Dictionary Check: opposite
"opposite" is a valid word!
Scrabble
12
points
Words with Friends
14
points
Definition
adjective
being directly across from each other; facing
Example:
"And I on the opposite shore will be, ready to ride and spread the alarm"
adjective
of leaves etc.; growing in pairs on either side of a stem
Example:
"opposite leaves"
adjective
moving or facing away from each other
Example:
"looking in opposite directions"
adjective
the other one of a complementary pair
Example:
"the opposite sex"
adjective
altogether different in nature or quality or significance
Example:
"the medicine's effect was opposite to that intended"
adjective
characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed
Example:
"in diametric contradiction to his claims"
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