Antonyms for opposite number
| Grammar : Noun |
Definition of opposite number
- As in assailant : noun attacker
- As in rival : noun person who opposes in competition
- As in counterpart : noun match; identical part or thing
- As in adversary : noun opponent
- As in antagonist : noun person causing problem
- A weary trudge brings him to 457, opposite number 1, whence he started.
- Extract from : « Inventors at Work » by George Iles
- Then out of the corner of his eye he saw that he was opposite number two in the rival boat, and he knew that they were gaining.
- Extract from : « The Swan and Her Crew » by George Christopher Davies
- My opposite number was a lovely girl called Zoe something or other.
- Extract from : « Diary of a U-Boat Commander » by Anonymous
- They moved across to the left: the first man sat down and his opposite number stood up.
- Extract from : « The Witch Doctor and other Rhodesian Studies » by Frank Worthington
- I wouldn't mind being in charge—old Haas' opposite number at this end.
- Extract from : « Irresistible Weapon » by Horace Brown Fyfe
Synonyms for opposite number
- adversary
- aggressor
- analogue
- angries
- antagonist
- assaulter
- attacker
- bad person
- bandit
- buddy
- bushwhacker
- carbon copy
- challenger
- competition
- competitor
- complement
- contender
- contestant
- copy
- correlate
- correlative
- correspondent
- crip
- dead ringer
- ditto
- Doppelganger
- duplicate
- emulator
- enemy
- entrant
- equal
- equivalent
- fellow
- foe
- goon
- hit person
- invader
- like
- look alike
- match
- mate
- mugger
- obverse
- opponent
- opposer
- opposite
- opposite number
- oppugnant
- oppugner
- peas in a pod
- peer
- pendant
- ringer
- rival
- spit and image
- spitting image
- supplement
- tally
- trigger person
- twin
- two of a kind
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