Located directly across from something else, or from each other. / (botany) Of leaves and flowers, positioned directly across from each other on a stem. / Facing in the other direction.

Something opposite or contrary to something else. / A person or thing that is entirely different from or the reverse of someone or something else; used to show contrast between two people or two things.

In an opposite position.

Facing, or across from. / In a complementary role to. / (television) On another channel at the same time.

In an opposite manner.

plural of opposite

The state or condition of being opposite.

plural of oppositeness

simple past tense and past participle of opposit

The action of opposing or of being in conflict. / An opposite or contrasting position.