Opposite vs. Synonym

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;

Synonymnoun

A word whose meaning is the same as that of another word.

Synonymnoun

A word or phrase with a meaning that is the same as, or very similar to, another word or phrase.

Synonymnoun

(zoology) Any of the formal names for a taxon, including the valid name (i.e. the senior synonym).

Synonymnoun

Any name for a taxon, usually a validly published, formally accepted one, but often also an unpublished name.

Synonymnoun

(databases) An alternative (often shorter) name defined for an object in a database.

Synonymnoun

One of two or more words (commonly words of the same language) which are equivalents of each other; one of two or more words which have very nearly the same signification, and therefore may often be used interchangeably. See under Synonymous.

Synonymnoun

An incorrect or incorrectly applied scientific name, as a new name applied to a species or genus already properly named, or a specific name preoccupied by that of another species of the same genus; - so used in the system of nomenclature (which see) in which the correct scientific names of certain natural groups (usually genera, species, and subspecies) are regarded as determined by priority.

Synonymnoun

One of two or more words corresponding in meaning but of different languages; a heteronym.

Synonymnoun

two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context

Synonymnoun

a word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word or phrase in the same language, for example shut is a synonym of close

Synonymnoun

a person or thing so closely associated with a particular quality or idea that the mention of their name calls it to mind

Synonymnoun

a taxonomic name which has the same application as another, especially one which has been superseded and is no longer valid.

Synonym

A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in the same language. For example, the words begin, start, commence, and initiate are all synonyms of one another; they are synonymous.