Top 10 Other Words for Opposite (Explained w Examples)

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Do you want to know what other words you can use instead of “opposite”? Look no further, we have the answers you need. Keep reading and you will find multiple examples and learn how to use them.

Adverse

Meaning: Harmful, the opposite of intended.

Example Sentence: Our new plan is having an adverse effect on production.

Antagonistic

Meaning: Showing opposition towards someone.

Example Sentence: Jessa is such an antagonistic girl.

Antithetical

Meaning: Opposite, directly opposed to something.

Example Sentence: Angie’s religious views are entirely antithetical to mine.

Conflicting

Meaning: Contradictory, opposite.

Example Sentence: I looked at the news but there are conflicting reports on what actually happened.

Contradictory

Meaning: Opposite, mutually opposed.

Example Sentence: We tried talking about our problems but we reached contradictory conclusions.

Differing

Meaning: Not the same, unlike each other, opposite.

Example Sentence: Me and my boyfriend have completely differing personalities.

Inverse

Meaning: Opposite in various ways.

Example Sentence: Research has shown an inverse connection between too much exercise and a healthy sex drive.

Paradoxical

Meaning: Opposite, self-contradictory.

Example Sentence: Everything you did for the good of the company has had a paradoxical effect and ruined it!

Reversed

Meaning: Opposite.

Example Sentence: He has a scar shaped as a reversed number 3.

Unlike

Meaning: Different from something.

Example Sentence: I had a hard life, unlike you!

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