Antonyms for opposites

Grammar : Noun

Spell : op-uh-zit, -sit

Phonetic Transcription : ˈɒp ə zɪt, -sɪt

Definition 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

Synonyms for opposites

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