Dictionary  op•po•sitePronunciation: (op'u-zit, -sit), [key] —adj. 1. situated, placed, or lying face to face with something else or each other, or in corresponding positions with relation to an intervening line, space, or thing: opposite ends of a room. 2. contrary or radically different in some respect common to both, as in nature, qualities, direction, result, or significance; opposed: opposite sides in a controversy; opposite directions. 3. Bot. a. situated on diametrically opposed sides of an axis, as leaves when there are two on one node. b. having one organ vertically above another; superimposed. 4. adverse or inimical. —n. 1. a person or thing that is opposite or contrary. 2. an antonym. 3. Archaic.an opponent; antagonist. —prep. 1. across from; facing: The guest of honor sat opposite me at the banquet. 2. in a role parallel or complementary to: He has played opposite many leading ladies. —adv. 1. on opposite sides. 2. on the opposite side: I was at one end and she sat opposite. 3. to the opposite side; in the opposite direction: I went to the left balcony, and he went opposite. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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