Adjacent vs. Opposite

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Adjacentadjective

Lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on.

Adjacentadjective

Just before, after, or facing.

Adjacentnoun

Something that lies next to something else, especially the side of a right triangle that is neither the hypotenuse nor the opposite.

Adjacentpreposition

(US) Next to; adjacent to; beside.

Adjacentadjective

Lying near, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on; as, a field adjacent to the highway.

Adjacentnoun

That which is adjacent.

Adjacentadjective

nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space;

Adjacentadjective

having a common boundary or edge; touching;

Adjacentadjective

near or close to but not necessarily touching;

Adjacentadjective

next to or adjoining something else

Adjacentadjective

(of a pair of angles) formed on the same side of a straight line when intersected by another line.

Oppositeadjective

Located directly across from something else, or from each other.

Oppositeadjective

(botany) Of leaves and flowers, positioned directly across from each other on a stem.

Oppositeadjective

Facing in the other direction.

Oppositeadjective

Of either of two complementary or mutually exclusive things.

Oppositeadjective

Extremely different; inconsistent; contrary; repugnant; antagonistic.

Oppositenoun

Something opposite or contrary to something else.

Oppositenoun

An opponent.

Oppositenoun

An antonym.

Oppositenoun

(mathematics) An additive inverse.

Oppositeadverb

In an opposite position.

Oppositepreposition

Facing, or across from.

Oppositepreposition

In a complementary role to.

Oppositepreposition

(television) On another channel at the same time.

Oppositeadjective

Placed over against; standing or situated over against or in front; facing; - often with to; as, a house opposite to the Exchange; the concert hall and the state theater stood opposite each other on the plaza.

Oppositeadjective

Situated on the other end of an imaginary line passing through or near the middle of an intervening space or object; - of one object with respect to another; as, the office is on the opposite side of town; - also used both to describe two objects with respect to each other; as, the stores were on opposite ends of the mall.

Oppositeadjective

Applied to the other of two things which are entirely different; other; as, the opposite sex; the opposite extreme; antonyms have opposite meanings.

Oppositeadjective

Extremely different; inconsistent; contrary; repugnant; antagonistic.

Oppositeadjective

Set over against each other, but separated by the whole diameter of the stem, as two leaves at the same node.

Oppositenoun

One who opposes; an opponent; an antagonist.

Oppositenoun

That which is opposed or contrary in character or meaning; as, sweetness and its opposite; up is the opposite of down.

Oppositenoun

two words that express opposing concepts;

Oppositenoun

a relation of direct opposition;

Oppositenoun

a contestant that you are matched against

Oppositenoun

something inverted in sequence or character or effect;

Oppositeadjective

being directly across from each other; facing;

Oppositeadjective

of leaves etc; growing in pairs on either side of a stem;

Oppositeadjective

moving or facing away from each other;

Oppositeadjective

the other one of a complementary pair;

Oppositeadjective

altogether different in nature or quality or significance;

Oppositeadjective

characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed;

Oppositeadverb

directly facing each other;

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