English-Esperanto translations for opposite

• gegenüber
• kontrasto
• kontraŭa
• mala
• malo

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