Opposite

adverb

'ɑpəsɪt

Adjective

characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed
“diametrical (or opposite) points of view”
“opposite meanings”
Similar:DiametricDiametricalPolar
of leaves etc; growing in pairs on either side of a stem
“opposite leaves”
Similar:Paired
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”
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”
the other one of a complementary pair
“the opposite sex”
“the two chess kings are set up on squares of opposite colors”

a contestant that you are matched against
Similar:Opponent Opposition
Type of:Contestant
a relation of direct opposition
Similar:Contrary Reverse
Type of:OppositenessOpposition
something inverted in sequence or character or effect
Similar:Inverse
Type of:OppositenessOpposition
a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other
Similar:Antonym
Type of:Word

directly facing each other
“they sat opposite at the table”
Similar:Face-to-face