opposite: Information About The Word 'opposite'

opposite is an acceptable dictionary word for games like scrabble, words with friends, crossword, etc.

The word 'opposite' is made up of 8 letters.

Meanings:
  • (a) of leaves etc; growing in pairs on either side of a stem; "opposite leaves"
  • (n) two words that express opposing concepts; "to him the opposite of gay was depressed"
  • (n) a relation of direct opposition; "we thought Sue was older than Bill but just the reverse was true"
  • (n) a contestant that you are matched against
  • (n) something inverted in sequence or character or effect; "when the direct approach failed he tried the inverse"
  • (r) directly facing each other; "the two photographs lay face-to-face on the table"; "lived all their lives in houses face-to-face across the street"; "they sat opposite at the table"
  • (s) being directly across from each other; facing; "And I on the opposite shore will be, ready to ride and spread the alarm"- Longfellow; "we lived on opposite sides of the street"; "at opposite poles"
  • (s) moving or facing away from each other; "looking in opposite directions"; "they went in opposite directions"
  • (s) the other one of a complementary pair; "the opposite sex"; "the two chess kings are set up on squares of opposite colors"
  • (s) altogether different in nature or quality or significance; "the medicine's effect was opposite to that intended"; "it is said that opposite characters make a union happiest"- Charles Reade
  • (s) characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed; "in diametric contradiction to his claims"; "diametrical (or opposite) points of view"; "opposite meanings"; "extreme and indefensible polar positions"
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Using the word 'opposite' in Scrabble will fetch you 12 points while using it in Words with Friends will fetch you 14 points (without taking into consideration the effect of any multipliers).

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Words Ending With 'opposite'

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Words Starting With 'opposite'

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Words Containing 'opposite'

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Points in Scrabble for opposite12
Points in Words with Friends for opposite14
Number of Letters in opposite8
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