English-Dutch translations for opposite

• tegenovergestelde
  Ik zou zelfs het tegenovergestelde willen beweren. I would even say the opposite.
  Precies het tegenovergestelde is waar. Precisely the opposite is true.
  Misschien moeten we het tegenovergestelde doen. Perhaps we should do the opposite.
• tegenover
  Mijn mening staat hier lijnrecht tegenover. My view is quite the opposite.
  Het staat vijandig tegenover de vrijheid en het leven zelf. It is the opposite of freedom and of life.
  De Raad en het Parlement staan lijnrecht tegenover elkaar. The Council's position is the polar opposite of Parliament's.
• tegenbeeld
• tegengesteld
  Het tegengestelde is echter gebeurd. The opposite has happened, however.
  Eigenlijk is het tegengestelde het geval. In fact, quite the opposite is the case.
  Het tegengestelde zou trouwens volledig zinloos zijn. To do the opposite would make no sense at all.
• tegenovergesteld
  Ik zou zelfs het tegenovergestelde willen beweren. I would even say the opposite.
  Precies het tegenovergestelde is waar. Precisely the opposite is true.
  Misschien moeten we het tegenovergestelde doen. Perhaps we should do the opposite.
• tegenoverliggend
• tegenpool
  Slavernij is gebaseerd op de absolute tegenpool van de idee van de gelijke, unieke en onschendbare waarde van elk mens. It is based on the very opposite of the idea of people's equal, unique and inviolable worth.
• tegenstander

Definition of opposite

• Located directly across from something else, or from each other
• Of leaves and flowers, positioned directly across from each other on a stem
• Of either of two complementary or mutually exclusive things
• Extremely different; inconsistent; contrary; repugnant; antagonistic
• Something opposite or contrary to something else
• An antonym
• An additive inverse
• In an opposite position
• Facing, or across from
• In a complementary role to
• On another channel at the same time

Examples

• She saw him walking on the opposite side of the road.
• They were moving in opposite directions.
• He is attracted to the opposite sex.
• "Up" is the opposite of "down".
• I was on my seat and she stood opposite.
• He lives opposite the pub
• He played opposite Marilyn Monroe
• The game show Just Men! aired opposite The Young and the Restless on CBS.

Related words

• oppositely
• opposite number
• opposite side
• opposite sex
• opposite angle
• opposite phase
• opposite side of the globe
• opposites attract
• opposite-leaved pondweed