adj.
  - situated on the other or further side; facing. ▸(of angles) between opposite sides of the intersection of two lines. ▸Botany  (of leaves or shoots) arising in pairs at the same level on opposite sides of the stem. 
- completely different. ▸being the other of a contrasted pair: ![]()  the opposite ends of the price range. 
n.
 an opposite person or thing.
adv.
 in an opposite position.
prep.
  - in a position opposite to.
- (of a leading actor) co-starring beside.
Phrase
  
    
      - the opposite sex
 women in relation to men or vice versa.
 
  Derivative
  
    - oppositely adv.
- oppositeness n.
 
  Etymology
  ME: via OFr. from L. oppositus, opponere ‘set against’.