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• hot and cold are opposites.
• what is the opposite of heavy?
• i thought she would be small and blonde but she's the complete opposite.
• exactly the opposite is true.

opposite

1. a person or thing that is as different as possible from somebody/something else
• Hot and cold are opposites.
• What is the opposite of heavy?
• I thought she would be small and blonde but she's the complete opposite.
• Exactly the opposite is true.
• ‘Is it better now?’ ‘Quite the opposite, I'm afraid.’
2. used to say that people who are very different are often attracted to each other

Extra Examples

• ‘Light’ is the opposite of ‘heavy’.
• Doubt is not the opposite of faith—unbelief is.
• In temperament, she was the complete opposite to her sister.
• Most people look forward to the weekend, but with him the opposite is true.
• The effect was exactly the opposite to what he intended.
• The oboe tends to lose power in the upper register, but with the clarinet the opposite is the case.
• ‘Is it better now?’ ‘Quite the opposite, I’m afraid.’
• I thought she would be small and blonde but she’s the complete opposite.

Word Origin

• late Middle English: via Old French from Latin oppositus, past participle of opponere ‘set against’.