Synonyms for opposites


Grammar : Noun
Spell : op-uh-zit, -sit
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɒp ə zɪt, -sɪt

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Définition of opposites

Origin :
  • late 14c., "placed on the other side of (something)," from Old French oposite "opposite, contrary" (13c.), from Latin oppositus "standing against, opposed, opposite," past participle of opponere "set against" (see opponent). Meaning "contrary in nature or character" is from 1570s. As a noun from late 14c. As a preposition from 1758. As an adverb from 1817. Related: Oppositely.
  • noun something completely unlike
Example sentences :
  • Perhaps it was some law of opposites, and she needed some one of lighter nature than her own.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • France and Germany appear to us as opposites and irreconcilables.
  • Extract from : « Mountain Meditations » by L. Lind-af-Hageby
  • And to the class of opposites belong assent and dissent, desire and avoidance.
  • Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
  • Then we are to say that the greatest friendship is of opposites?
  • Extract from : « Lysis » by Plato
  • But, consider:—Are not the absolute same, and the absolute other, opposites to one another?
  • Extract from : « Parmenides » by Plato
  • There may be an evolution by degrees as well as by opposites.
  • Extract from : « Sophist » by Plato
  • And all other opposites might without difficulty be shown to unite in them.
  • Extract from : « Parmenides » by Plato
  • Observe that Plato is preparing the way for his doctrine of the alternation of opposites.
  • Extract from : « Phaedo » by Plato
  • Are not all things which have opposites generated out of their opposites?
  • Extract from : « Phaedo » by Plato
  • And we admitted also that what was done in opposite ways was done by opposites?
  • Extract from : « Protagoras » by Plato

Antonyms for opposites

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