What is opposite?

More definitions of "opposite":

• (noun): Two words that express opposing concepts.
  Example: "To him the opposite of gay was depressed"
  Synonyms: antonym, opposite word

• (noun): A contestant that you are matched against.
  Synonyms: opposition, opponent

• (adj): Moving or facing away from each other.
  Example: "Looking in opposite directions"; "they went in opposite directions"

• (adj): Characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed.
  Example: "Opposite meanings"
  Synonyms: diametric, diametrical, polar

• (adj): The other one of a complementary pair.
  Example: "The opposite sex"; "the two chess kings are set up on squares of opposite colors"

• (adj): Altogether different in nature or quality or significance.
  Example: "The medicine's effect was opposite to that intended"; "it is said that opposite characters make a union happiest"- Charles Reade

• (adj): Being directly across from each other; facing.
  Example: "And I on the opposite shore will be, ready to ride and spread the alarm"- Longfellow; "we lived on opposite sides of the street"; "at opposite poles"

• (noun): A relation of direct opposition.
  Synonyms: reverse, contrary

• (adv): Directly facing each other.
  Example: "They sat opposite at the table"
  Synonyms: face-to-face

• (noun): Something inverted in sequence or character or effect.
  Synonyms: inverse