## Meanings
1. Located directly across from something or facing it.
2. Completely different in nature or direction.
3. A person or thing that is completely different from another.
4. Being the other one of a matching pair.

## Examples
- She saw him walking on the opposite side of the road.
- They were moving in opposite directions.
- She is the opposite of her shy older brother.
- He is attracted to the opposite sex.

## Synonyms
- antipodean
- antithetical
- contradictory
- contrariant
- contrariwise
- contrary
- contrasted
- converse
- counter
- cross
- inverse
- inverted

## Antonyms
- identical

## Derived Forms
- oppositely
- oppositeness
- subopposite

## Related Forms
- antithesis
- apposite
- black-and-white
- reciprocal

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: opposit
- Root: oposite

## Etymology
Inherited from Middle English opposit, borrowed from Old French oposite, from Latin oppositus, perfect passive participle of oppōnō (“to oppose”). Compare oppose.

## AI Etymology
Opposite is inherited from Middle English opposit, borrowed from Old French oposite, from Latin oppositus, perfect passive participle of oppōnō (“to oppose”). Compare oppose. The historical chain includes Middle English opposit and Old French oposite. Modern senses include located directly across from something or facing it and completely different in nature or direction. The wider word family includes derivatives such as oppositely, oppositeness, and subopposite and related forms such as antithesis, apposite, black-and-white, and reciprocal.

## Topics
- Space, Position & Direction

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