across from
On opposing side
Across from means on the opposite side, facing something: The pharmacy is across from the post office.
It positions two things with space between them—a street, a room, a table: She sat across from me at dinner.
The phrase is interchangeable with opposite in most contexts.
- facingDirected toward something
- vis-à-visIn relation to
- oppositeReverse or contrary thing
- kitty-cornerDiagonally across from
- adjacentDirectly next to
face-to-face · eye to eye · diagonal · catercorner · over · mirrored · frontal · juxtaposed · on the other side of · counterpart · neighbor · confronting · nearby · window · parallel · intersection · street · staring
- seating positionshead of table, middle seat, corner seat, center seat, seat of honor
- directionsnorth, south, east, west, left
- prepositionsabove, about, after, along, below
- proximitynear, close, nearby, nearness, proximity