Adjective
1. being directly across from each other; facing;
"And I on the opposite shore will be, ready to ride and spread the alarm"- Longfellow"we lived on opposite sides of the street""at opposite poles"2. of leaves etc; growing in pairs on either side of a stem;
"opposite leaves"3. moving or facing away from each other;
"looking in opposite directions""they went in opposite directions"4. the other one of a complementary pair;
"the opposite sex""the two chess kings are set up on squares of opposite colors"5. 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"- Charles Reade6. characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed;
"in diametric contradiction to his claims""diametrical (or opposite) points of view""opposite meanings""extreme and indefensible polar positions"