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"
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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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