English-Finnish translations for opposite

• vastakkainen
  Vastakkainen toiminta on tietenkin oikein. The opposite is true of course.
  Tilanteen pitäisi tietenkin olla vastakkainen. The opposite ought, of course, to be the case.
  Täysin vastakkainen tilanne on kehittynyt Latviassa. The completely opposite situation has developed in Latvia.
• vastakohta
  Epävarmuus on luottamuksen vastakohta. Uncertainty is the opposite of trust.
  Se olisi vastakohta sille, mitä haluamme. It would be the opposite of what we want.
  Tämä on lääketieteen vastakohta - kyse on murhasta. That is the precise opposite of medicine - it is murder.
• vastapäätä
  Hotelliani vastapäätä oli suuri mainostaulu. Opposite my hotel, there was a large billboard.
  Näyttää kuitenkin siltä, että PPE-ryhmä ja muut vastapäätä olevat jäsenet eivät selvästikään halua tätä. But the EPP it seems, and others opposite, clearly do not want that.
  Syylliset tähän tarinaan istuvat osaksi suoraan minua vastapäätä, nimittäin itse neuvostossa. Part of the guilty party is sitting directly opposite me, namely the Council itself.
• vastapäinen
  Tuo vastapäinen talo on kaksisataa vuotta vanha.
• antonyymi
• opponentti
• vastanäyttelijänä
• vastaväittäjä
• vastustaja

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