ˈæntəˌnɪm ˈkɒntɹəɹi ˈkɑntɹɛɹi daɪəˈmɛtɹɪk ɪnˈvɝs əˈpəʊnənt ˈɒpəzɪt ˈɑp(ə)sɪt ˈɒpəzɪt ˈɑp(ə)sɪt ˈɒpəzɪt ˈɑp(ə)sɪt ɒpəˈzɪʃən ɑpəˈzɪʃn̩ ˈpəʊ̯lə(ɹ) ˈpoʊ̯lɚ ɹɪˈvɜːs ɹɪˈvɝs 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 of leaves etc.; growing in pairs on either side of a stem opposite leaves 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 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 the other one of a complementary pair the opposite sex the two chess kings are set up on squares of opposite colors being directly across from each other; facing And I on the opposite shore will be, ready to ride and spread the alarm we lived on opposite sides of the street at opposite poles moving or facing away from each other looking in opposite directions they went in opposite directions a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other to him the antonym of ‘gay’ was ‘depressed’ a contestant that you are matched against a relation of direct opposition we thought Sue was older than Bill but just the reverse was true something inverted in sequence or character or effect when the direct approach failed, he tried the inverse