What does OPPOSITE mean?

Pronunciation
/ˈɑpəzət/
Letters
8
Scrabble score
12
Words With Friends score
14
How common
Common

Meaning

adjective

  1. being directly across from each other; facing“And I on the opposite shore will be, ready to ride and spread the alarm”
  2. of leaves etc; growing in pairs on either side of a stem“opposite leaves”
  3. moving or facing away from each other“looking in opposite directions”
  4. the other one of a complementary pair“the opposite sex”
  5. altogether different in nature or quality or significance“the medicine's effect was opposite to that intended”
  6. characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed“in diametric contradiction to his claims”

noun

  1. a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other“to him the antonym of `gay' was `depressed'”
  2. a relation of direct opposition“we thought Sue was older than Bill but just the reverse was true”

Definitions from Princeton WordNet 3.0.

Other forms

opposites13

Anagrams of OPPOSITE

No other word in the ENABLE list uses exactly these letters.

Words inside OPPOSITE

109 shorter words can be made from these letters. Here are the most useful.

pipe8 poet6 pope8 post6 sept6 site4 spot6 step6 stop6 ties4tips6its3pet5 pie5 pit5 pop7 pot5 set3 sit3 tie3 tip5 too3 top5 et2is2it2op4si2 so2 to2

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Questions

Is OPPOSITE a valid word in word games?

OPPOSITE is in the ENABLE word list, which many word games use, so it is very likely to be accepted. Check your game's own dictionary if a play is challenged.

How many points is OPPOSITE worth?

OPPOSITE is worth 12 points with Scrabble letter values and 14 with Words With Friends values, before any bonus squares.

What words can you make from OPPOSITE?

109 other words, including TO, IS, IT and SO.