I can't say the opposite.
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Opposite
//ˈɒpəzɪt//
Synonyms for "opposite" (191 found)
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Closest matches (39)
Strong matches (57)
Related words (95)
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Adjective(7 words)
Noun(5 words)
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5 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
6 entriesRelated terms
4 entriesderived
11 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entrieshas context
3 entriesrelated to
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
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4 entriesTranslations
269 translations across 62 languages.
Ancient Greek
4 entries- ἐναντίος adj (located directly across from)
- ἐναντίος adj (of complementary or mutually exclusive things)
- ἔναντι adv (in an opposite position)
- ἀντί prep (across from)
Arabic
4 entries- آخَر adj (of complementary or mutually exclusive things)
- ضِدّ adj (located directly across from)
- قُدَّام adj (located directly across from)
- مُقابل adj (located directly across from)
Armenian
4 entries- հակառակ adj (located directly across from)
- հակառակ adj (facing the other way)
- հանդիպակաց adj (located directly across from)
- դիմաց prep (across from)
Basque
1 entries- aurka prep (across from)
Belarusian
1 entries- супрацьле́глы adj (located directly across from)
Bulgarian
4 entries- насрещен adj (facing the other way)
- отсре́щен adj (located directly across from)
- противополо́жен adj (located directly across from)
- насреща adv (in an opposite position)
Catalan
4 entries- oposat adj (located directly across from)
- oposat adj (facing the other way)
- oposat adj (of complementary or mutually exclusive things)
- contrari noun (contrary thing)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 對面的 /对面的 adj (located directly across from)
- 相反 noun (antonym)
- 對面 /对面 prep (across from)
Czech
4 entries- druhý adj (located directly across from)
- opačný adj (located directly across from)
- opačný adj (facing the other way)
- opačný adj (of complementary or mutually exclusive things)
Danish
3 entries- modsat adj (located directly across from)
- det modsatte noun (contrary thing)
- over for prep (across from)
Dutch
4 entries- tegengesteld adj (of complementary or mutually exclusive things)
- tegenovergesteld adj (of complementary or mutually exclusive things)
- tegenoverliggend adj (located directly across from)
- tegenover adv (in an opposite position)
Esperanto
4 entries- kontraŭa adj (located directly across from)
- kontraŭa adj (of complementary or mutually exclusive things)
- mala adj (of complementary or mutually exclusive things)
- kontraŭaĵo noun (contrary thing)
Finnish
4 entries- vastakkainen adj (facing the other way)
- vastakkainen adj (of complementary or mutually exclusive things)
- vastapäinen adj (located directly across from)
- vastapäätä adv (in an opposite position)
French
4 entries- opposé adj (located directly across from)
- opposé adj (facing the other way)
- en face adv (in an opposite position)
- adversaire noun (opponent)
Galician
3 entries- aveso noun (contrary thing)
- contrario noun (contrary thing)
- oposto noun (contrary thing)
German
4 entries- andere adj (located directly across from)
- andere adj (of complementary or mutually exclusive things)
- entgegengesetzt adj (facing the other way)
- gegenüberliegend adj (located directly across from)
Greek
4 entries- απέναντι adj (located directly across from)
- απέναντι adv (in an opposite position)
- αντίθετο noun (contrary thing)
- αντώνυμο noun (antonym)
Hebrew
4 entries- הפוך adj (of complementary or mutually exclusive things)
- ממול adj (located directly across from)
- ממול adj (facing the other way)
- הֶפֶךְ noun (antonym)
Hindi
4 entries- उलट adj (facing the other way)
- उल्टा adj (facing the other way)
- विपरीत adj (facing the other way)
- सामने adj (located directly across from)
Hungarian
4 entries- ellentétes adj (facing the other way)
- szemben levő adj (located directly across from)
- túlsó adj (located directly across from)
- ellentét noun (contrary thing)
Icelandic
1 entries- andstæða noun (contrary thing)
Ingrian
1 entries- vassakkain adj (of complementary or mutually exclusive things)
Interlingua
2 entries- inverse adj (of complementary or mutually exclusive things)
- opposite adj (of complementary or mutually exclusive things)
Irish
2 entries- urchomhaireach adj (located directly across from)
- ar aghaidh prep (across from)
Italian
4 entries- opposta adj (facing the other way)
- opposto adj (located directly across from)
- opposto adj (facing the other way)
- contrario noun (contrary thing)
Japanese
4 entries- あべこべ adj (of complementary or mutually exclusive things)
- 向かい adj (located directly across from)
- 向こう adj (located directly across from)
- あべこべ adv (in an opposite position)
Kabuverdianu
1 entries- rabés adj (facing the other way)
Kazakh
3 entries- алдында adj (located directly across from)
- кереғар adj (of complementary or mutually exclusive things)
- қарсысында adj (located directly across from)
Korean
1 entries- 반대의 adj (located directly across from)
Latin
1 entries- oppositus adj (located directly across from)
Latvian
1 entries- pretstats noun (contrary thing)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Géigendeel noun (antonym)
Malayalam
2 entries- എതിർ adj (facing the other way)
- വിപരീതം adj (facing the other way)
Maore Comorian
1 entries- usoni mwa prep (across from)
Mongolian
4 entries- эсрэг adj (located directly across from)
- эсрэг adj (facing the other way)
- эсрэг adj (of complementary or mutually exclusive things)
- харалдаа adv (in an opposite position)
Māori
3 entries- hakehakeā adj (located directly across from)
- kōaro adj (of complementary or mutually exclusive things)
- tauaro adj (located directly across from)
Norman
1 entries- opposé adj (located directly across from)
Norwegian
4 entries- motsatt adj (located directly across from)
- motsatt adj (facing the other way)
- motsatt adj (of complementary or mutually exclusive things)
- motsatt noun (contrary thing)
Occitan
1 entries- opausat adj (located directly across from)
Persian
2 entries- ضد adj (located directly across from)
- درمقابل prep (across from)
Piedmontese
1 entries- opòst noun (contrary thing)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Jäajendeel noun (contrary thing)
Polish
4 entries- przeciwległy adj (located directly across from)
- przeciwny adj (facing the other way)
- przeciwny adj (of complementary or mutually exclusive things)
- naprzeciwko adv (in an opposite position)
Portuguese
4 entries- oposto adj (located directly across from)
- oposto adj (facing the other way)
- oposto adj (of complementary or mutually exclusive things)
- oposto adv (in an opposite position)
Punjabi
4 entries- دُوجا adj (facing the other way)
- دُوجی adj (facing the other way)
- پُٹّھا adj (facing the other way)
- پُٹّھی adj (facing the other way)
Romanian
3 entries- opus adj (located directly across from)
- opus adj (facing the other way)
- opusă adj (facing the other way)
Russian
3 entries- противополо́жный adj (located directly across from)
- противополо́жность noun (contrary thing)
- напро́тив prep (across from)
Sanskrit
1 entries- विपरीतम् adj (facing the other way)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- mu choinneimh adj (located directly across from)
- fa chomhair prep (across from)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- suprotan adj (located directly across from)
- супротан adj (located directly across from)
Slovak
1 entries- protiľahlý adj (located directly across from)
Spanish
4 entries- opuesto adj (located directly across from)
- opuesto adj (facing the other way)
- opuesto adj (of complementary or mutually exclusive things)
- opuesto adj (extremely different)
Swedish
4 entries- motsatt adj (located directly across from)
- motsatt adj (facing the other way)
- motsatt adj (of complementary or mutually exclusive things)
- mittemot adv (in an opposite position)
Tagalog
3 entries- tapat adj (located directly across from)
- tapat adj (facing the other way)
- kabaligtaran noun (contrary thing)
Telugu
3 entries- వ్యతిరేక పదం noun (antonym)
- వ్యతిరేకం noun (contrary thing)
- వ్యతిరేకి noun (opponent)
Turkish
4 entries- karşı adj (located directly across from)
- karşı adj (of complementary or mutually exclusive things)
- zıt adj (facing the other way)
- karşıt noun (contrary thing)
Ukrainian
2 entries- протиле́жний adj (located directly across from)
- протиле́жність noun (contrary thing)
Urdu
3 entries- اُلْٹا adj (facing the other way)
- اُلٹی adj (facing the other way)
- ... کے سامنے prep (across from)
Uzbek
2 entries- o‘tru adj (located directly across from)
- qarshi adj (located directly across from)
Vietnamese
4 entries- bên kia adj (located directly across from)
- ngược adj (facing the other way)
- trái ngược adj (facing the other way)
- trái ngược adj (of complementary or mutually exclusive things)
Welsh
1 entries- cyferbyn adj (located directly across from)
Yiddish
4 entries- היפּוכדיק adj (of complementary or mutually exclusive things)
- פֿאַרקערט adj (of complementary or mutually exclusive things)
- היפּוך noun (contrary thing)
- פֿאַרקערטע noun (contrary thing)
Sample sentences
23 total sentences available.
Delight is the opposite of sorrow.
Source: tatoeba (20683)
By mistake I boarded a train going in the opposite direction.
Source: tatoeba (20837)
The flower shop is opposite the park.
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