opposite
/ˈɑ.pə.sɪt/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.62 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Located directly across from something else, or from each other.
adj
Of leaves and flowers, positioned directly across from each other on a stem.
adj
Of either of two complementary or mutually exclusive things.
noun
Something or someone opposite to something or someone else.
noun
Something or someone opposite to something or someone else.
noun
Something or someone opposite to something or someone else.
Example Sentences
- "She saw him walking on the opposite side of the road."
- "They were moving in opposite directions."
- "He is attracted to the opposite sex."
- "Novels, by which the reader is misled into another sort of pieasure opposite to that which is designed in an epick poem."
- ", Book III Particles of speech have divers, and sometimes almost opposite, significations."
- "She is the opposite of her ex-boyfriend who abused her both physically and verbally nearly every day for five years. She now works as an advocate and supportive listener for others who have endured abusive relationships."
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English opposit, borrowed from Old French oposite, from Latin oppositus, perfect passive participle of oppōnō (“to oppose”). Compare oppose.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɑ.pə.sɪt/
- British English: /ˈɒp.ə.zɪt/