exact opposite
noun
: the complete opposite
I realize now that I have tried to make my work the exact opposite of my father's.
He used to be romantic, but now he's the exact opposite.
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Unfortunately, what ended up happening in that game was the exact opposite.
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Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Nov. 2025
While most jeans are simultaneously way too long and way too tight, these were the exact opposite.
—Jamie Allison Sanders, PEOPLE, 23 Nov. 2025
And while his fiancée is all about tours, Kelce is the exact opposite.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 22 Nov. 2025
And there are absorption lines, which is the exact opposite (absorptive) of the emission line (emissive) scenario.
—Big Think, 19 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for exact opposite
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“Exact opposite.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exact%20opposite. Accessed 15 Dec. 2025.
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