opposite

Definitions(定義)

Noun: a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other
Noun: a relation of direct opposition
Noun: a contestant that you are matched against
Noun: something inverted in sequence or character or effect
Adjective: being directly across from each other; facing; – Longfellow
Adjective: of leaves etc; growing in pairs on either side of a stem
Adjective: moving or facing away from each other
Adjective: the other one of a complementary pair
Adjective: altogether different in nature or quality or significance; ; – Charles Reade
Adjective: characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed
Adverb: directly facing each other

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Adjective, Adverb

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

The opposite direction leads to the park.(反対の方向が公園へ続いている。)
Her opinion is the opposite of mine.(彼女の意見は私と正反対だ。)
They live on opposite sides of the street.(彼らは通りの反対側に住んでいる。)

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Noun: to him the antonym of `gay’ was `depressed’
Noun: we thought Sue was older than Bill but just the reverse was true
Noun: when the direct approach failed he tried the inverse
Adjective: And I on the opposite shore will be, ready to ride and spread the alarm
Adjective: we lived on opposite sides of the street
Adjective: at opposite poles
Adjective: opposite leaves
Adjective: looking in opposite directions
Adjective: they went in opposite directions
Adjective: the opposite sex
Adjective: the two chess kings are set up on squares of opposite colors
Adjective: the medicine’s effect was opposite to that intended
Adjective: it is said that opposite characters make a union happiest
Adjective: in diametric contradiction to his claims
Adjective: diametrical (or opposite) points of view
Adjective: opposite meanings
Adjective: extreme and indefensible polar positions
Adverb: the two photographs lay face-to-face on the table
Adverb: lived all their lives in houses face-to-face across the street
Adverb: they sat opposite at the table

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): antonym, contrary, diametric, diametrical, face-to-face, inverse, opponent, opposite, opposite word, opposition, paired, polar, reverse

Antonyms(反意語): alternate, synonym

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): contestant, opposition, word

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): agonist, anagram, anaphor, antagonism, antipode, antithesis, antonym, athlete, back-formation, charade, classifier, cognate, conflict, content word, contraction, contradiction, contradictoriness, contrariety, contrary, contrast, defaulter, deictic, derivative, diminutive, dirty word, disyllable, entrant, flip side, form, four-letter word, function word, gradable opposition, guide word, head, headword, heteronym, holonym, homonym, hypernym, hyponym, inverse, key word, loanblend, loanword, long shot, loser, meronym, metonym, monosyllable, mutual opposition, neologism, nonce word, opposition, outsider, oxytone, palindrome, paroxytone, partitive, player, polarity, polysemant, polysyllable, pothunter, primitive, proparoxytone, qualifier, quantifier, reduplication, retronym, reverse, rival, starter, substantive, syncategorem, synonym, term, terminology, tertium quid, trisyllable, troponym, ungradable opposition, vocable, winner, withdrawer, written word

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): additive inverse, direct antonym, indirect antonym, multiplicative inverse

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: antonymous, oppose, oppositeness, polarity, pole, reverse

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: literary

Usage Context: conversation, descriptive

Grammatical Notes:

countable noun

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

高校レベル

英検準2級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Atomic Habits

Movies(映画): Frozen, The Bad Guys, Zootopia

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

Emotion Categories: