Entry Word: opposite

Function: adjective

Meaning: being as different as possible <your suggestion that we hold the meeting at night is precisely opposite to our original plan for a nice breakfast>

Synonyms antipodal, antipodean, antithetical, contradictory, contrary, diametric (or diametrical), polar

Related Words adverse, negative, unfavorable; antagonistic, antipathetic, counter, hostile; converse, inverse, reverse; disparate, dissimilar, divergent, unalike, unlike

Near Antonyms alike, analogous, like, similar; equivalent, identical, same; synonymous

Antonyms noncontradictory