opposite

adjective

• 1 [attributive] situated on the other or further side when seen from a specified or implicit viewpoint; facing:a crowd gathered on the opposite side of the street
• (of angles) between opposite sides of the intersection of two lines.
• Botany (of leaves or shoots) arising in pairs at the same level on opposite sides of the stem.

• 2completely different; of a contrary kind:a word that is opposite in meaning to another currents flowing in opposite directions
• [attributive] being the other of a contrasted pair:the opposite ends of the price range

noun

• a person or thing that is totally different from or the reverse of someone or something else:we were opposites in temperament the literal is the opposite of the figurative

adverb

• in a position facing a specified or implied subject:she was sitting almost opposite he went into the shop opposite

preposition

• 1in a position on the other side of a specific area from; facing:they sat opposite one another

• 2(of a leading actor) in a complementary role to (another): the star was a young man playing opposite an older woman