opposites
Words that contrast
Opposites are things that differ from each other as much as possible—hot and cold, up and down, love and hate.
The word works as noun or adjective: They're complete opposites, opposite sides of the street.
To be opposite something is to face it directly: The bank is opposite the post office.
Opposites attract suggests that people with contrasting personalities are drawn to each other.
Opposing claims, incompatible together
- conflictOpposition between parties
- clashViolent disagreement or collision
- antagonistOne who opposes another
- adversaryEnemy in conflict
rival · contravention · dichotomy · disparity · discord · tension · rivalry · counterforce
Corresponding person or thing
- antonymWord with contrary meaning
- reverseTurn to opposite
- converseEngage in dialogue
- contradictionOpposing claims, incompatible together
negation · antithesis · foil · contrapositive · flipside · mirror · inverse · contrast
Force between poles
- attractionPull toward something
- repulsionDisgust or pushing-away force
- positiveAffirming or certain
- negativeOpposite of affirmative
north · south · dipoles · charge · anode · cathode · electrodes · flux
Opposite in position
- reciprocalShared between two parties
- reversalComplete change of direction
- reversionReturn to former state
- undoingCause of destruction
counteraction · transposition · retrograde · retrogression · backtracking · negation · annulment · cancellation
contradiction
Opposing claims, incompatible together
- conflictOpposition between parties
- clashViolent disagreement or collision
- antagonistOne who opposes another
adversary · rival · contravention · dichotomy · disparity · discord · tension · rivalry · counterforce · resistance
counterpart
Corresponding person or thing
contradiction · negation · antithesis · foil · contrapositive · flipside · mirror · inverse · contrast · complement
magnetism
Force between poles
- attractionPull toward something
- repulsionDisgust or pushing-away force
- positiveAffirming or certain
negative · north · south · dipoles · charge · anode · cathode · electrodes · flux · poles
inverse
Opposite in position
- reciprocalShared between two parties
- reversalComplete change of direction
- reversionReturn to former state
undoing · counteraction · transposition · retrograde · retrogression · backtracking · negation · annulment · cancellation · inversion
- Comparison Termssimilarities, differences, comparisons, contrasts, pros
- contrastsantithesis, polarity, dichotomy, duality, juxtaposition
- contrastblack and white, light and dark, high contrast, low contrast, contrast ratio
- word meaningssynonymy, antonymy, thesaurus, same meaning
- Dualityduality, dual nature, two sides, yin and yang, yin-yang
- vocabularyword, words, new words, term, terms
oppositessynonyms
Words with shared meaning
equivalents · parallels · cognates · near-synonyms · analogues
oppositesparallels
Points of similarity
adjacents · neighbors · side-by-side · aligned · tangents
oppositeskindred spirits
People deeply alike inside
like-minded · birds of a feather · twins · matches · likes
- opposites attractMaxim about complementary pairings
- polar oppositeComplete contrary in nature
- opposite sexDifferent gender from yours
- opposite sidesLocations directly across
- opposite ends
- in oppositionActively against something