opposite

modif.

1. Radically different

   contrary, antithetical, antithetic, reverse, inverse, converse, diametric, diametrical, antonymous, contrasting, contradictory, counter, conflicting, opposed, opposing, polar, poles apart, antipodal, antipodean, incompatible, irreconcilable; see also different 1.

   Antonyms same, synonymous, alike.

2. In conflict

   adverse, inimical, hostile; see opposed, opposing 2.

3. So situated as to seem to oppose

   facing, fronting, in front of, across from, on different sides, on opposite sides, in opposition to, on the other side, confronting, looking out on, against, front to front, back to back, nose to nose, on the farther side, retrograde, opposing, opposed, diametrical, vis-à-vis, en face (French), eyeball to eyeball*.

   Antonyms matched*, on the same side, side by side.

opposite

n.

opposite is applied to things that are symmetrically opposed in position, direction, character, etc. they sat at opposite ends of the table; the opposite sex; contrary adds to this connotations of conflict or antagonism they hold contrary views; antithetical implies diametrical opposition so that the contrasted things are as far apart or as different as is possible our interests are completely antithetical; reverse applies to that which moves or faces in the opposite direction the reverse side of a fabric; antonymous is used specifically of words that are so opposed in meaning that each contradicts, reverses, or negates the other good and bad are antonymous terms