Crossword-Solution: OPPOSITE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Opposite | a. | Placed over against; standing or situated over against or in front; facing; -- often with to; as, a house opposite to the Exchange. |
| Opposite | a. | Applied to the other of two things which are entirely different; other; as, the opposite sex; the opposite extreme. |
| Opposite | a. | Extremely different; inconsistent; contrary; repugnant; antagonistic. |
| Opposite | a. | Set over against each other, but separated by the whole diameter of the stem, as two leaves at the same node. |
| Opposite | a. | Placed directly in front of another part or organ, as a stamen which stands before a petal. |
| Opposite | n. | One who opposes; an opponent; an antagonist. |
| Opposite | n. | That which is opposed or contrary; as, sweetness and its opposite. |
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or
a triangle.
Hint 2 anagram
ARAE
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Sentences with OPPOSITE (5)
Look downward on that Globe whose hither side With light from hence, though but reflected, shines; That place is Earth the seat of Man, that light His day, which else as th’ other Hemisphere Night would invade, but there the neighbouring Moon (So call that opposite fair Starr) her aide Timely interposes, and her monthly round Still ending, still renewing, through mid Heav’n; With borrowd light her countenance triform Hence fills and empties to enlighten th’ Earth, And in her pale dominion checks the night.
Under the overhanging willows of the opposite bank there was an inlet where the water was deeper and flowed so slowly that it seemed to sleep in the sun.
This aged man was now sitting opposite the fire, his frosty white hair and beard overgrowing his gnarled figure like the grey moss and lichen upon a leafless apple-tree.
Then the very nature of the opposite sex, or its long hereditary habit, which has become like nature, is to be essentially modified before woman can be allowed to assume what seems a fair and suitable position.
This I waded, and went up the opposite side of the valley, past a number of sleeping houses, and by a statue—a Faun, or some such figure, _minus_ the head.
Quotes with OPPOSITE (3)
The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.
Making love with a woman and sleeping with a woman are two separate passions, not merely different but opposite. Love does not make itself felt in the desire for copulation (a desire that extends to an infinite number of women) but in the desire for shared sleep (a desire limited to one woman).
We're actors — we're the opposite of people!
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Appears in: Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NYT, Onion, Universal, USA TODAY.
Used 17 times in crossword archives (1989–2025).