OPPOSITE
ADJECTIVES
► CONTRADICTORIOUS opposite in position or direction → 1432 obs.
► OBVERSANT standing over against, opposite, contrary; also, placed in front of; hence, familiar, well-known → 1579 obs.
► OBVERSE turned towards or against; opposite → 1656
► TURNED opposite, contrary, adverse → 1656
ADVERBS
► AFRONT face to face, in direct opposition; opposite → 1380 obs.
► AGAINWARD in the opposite direction; hence, backwards, away back, back again → 1000 obs.
► CANTY-WISE opposite to → 1968 Amer. dial.
► CATAGORRICKY turned the wrong way round → 1969 Amer. dial.
► ENUNTY directly opposite → 1777 Eng. dial.
► OPPONENT opposing, opposite → 1728
► OPPOSITIVE opposite → 1632 obs.
► TO-GAINST against, opposite, facing → 1450 obs.
► UPAZET opposite; set before one in full view → 1746 Eng. dial.
NOUNS
► COUNTER the contrary, opposite → 1871
► ODDS the exact opposite of anything; the reverse → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► OPPOSITION that which is opposite or contrary; that which contrasts or counterbalances → 1596 obs.
► OPPOSITIVE the opposite of something → 1561 obs.
PREPOSITIONS
► ANENT opposite, in front of; in comparison with → 1760 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
► FANENT opposite → 1914 Amer. dial.
► OFF AGAINST opposite, in front of, near → 1946 Amer. dial.
► TO-GAINS against, opposite, facing → 1450 obs.
VERBS
► OPPONE to set over against or opposite → 1610 obs.
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