Opposit vs. Opposite: Decoding the Right Spelling

Being the other of a pair or set

Placed or located directly across from something else or from each other

Facing the other way; moving or tending away from each other

Being the other of two complementary or mutually exclusive things

Altogether different, as in nature, quality, or significance

Sharply contrasting; antithetical

Growing in pairs on either side of a stem

Arranged on the same radius as another part, as stamens and petals.

One that is opposite or contrary to another.

An opponent or antagonist.

An antonym.

In an opposite position

Across from or facing

In a complementary dramatic role to

Located directly across from something else, or from each other.

(botany) Of leaves and flowers, positioned directly across from each other on a stem.

Facing in the other direction.

Of either of two complementary or mutually exclusive things.

Extremely different; inconsistent; contrary; repugnant; antagonistic.

Something opposite or contrary to something else.

A person or thing that is entirely different from or the reverse of someone or something else; used to show contrast between two people or two things.

An opponent.

(mathematics) An additive inverse.

In an opposite position.

Facing, or across from.

In a complementary role to.

(television) On another channel at the same time.

Placed over against; standing or situated over against or in front; facing; - often with to; as, a house opposite to the Exchange; the concert hall and the state theater stood opposite each other on the plaza.

Situated on the other end of an imaginary line passing through or near the middle of an intervening space or object; - of one object with respect to another; as, the office is on the opposite side of town; - also used both to describe two objects with respect to each other; as, the stores were on opposite ends of the mall.

Applied to the other of two things which are entirely different; other; as, the opposite sex; the opposite extreme; antonyms have opposite meanings.

Set over against each other, but separated by the whole diameter of the stem, as two leaves at the same node.

One who opposes; an opponent; an antagonist.

That which is opposed or contrary in character or meaning; as, sweetness and its opposite; up is the opposite of down.

Two words that express opposing concepts;

A relation of direct opposition;

A contestant that you are matched against

Something inverted in sequence or character or effect;

Being directly across from each other; facing;

Of leaves etc; growing in pairs on either side of a stem;

Moving or facing away from each other;

The other one of a complementary pair;

Altogether different in nature or quality or significance;

Characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed;

Directly facing each other;

Located directly across from something else

Diametrically different in nature, type, or significance

Facing another object or area

In mathematics, having a contrary or inverse relationship