Next vs. Opposite: What's the Difference?
Next and Opposite Definitions
Next
Nearest in space or position; adjacent
The next room.
Opposite
Placed or located directly across from something else or from each other
Opposite sides of a building.
Next
Immediately following, as in time, order, or sequence
Next week.
The next item on the list.
Opposite
Facing the other way; moving or tending away from each other
Opposite directions.
Next
In the time, order, or place nearest or immediately following
Reading this book next.
Our next oldest child.
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Opposite
Being the other of two complementary or mutually exclusive things
The opposite sex.
An opposite role to the lead in the play.
Next
On the first subsequent occasion
When next I write.
Opposite
Altogether different, as in nature, quality, or significance
The effect of the medication was opposite to that intended.
Next
The next person or thing
The next will be better.
Opposite
Sharply contrasting; antithetical
Had opposite views on the subject.
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Next
In place or position, having nothing similar intervening; adjoining.
The man in the next bunk kept me awake all night with his snoring.
She lives a mile or two away, in the next village.
Opposite
Growing in pairs on either side of a stem
Opposite leaves.
Next
(obsolete) Most direct, or shortest or nearest in distance or time.
Opposite
Arranged on the same radius as another part, as stamens and petals.
Next
Nearest in order, succession, or rank; immediately following (or sometimes preceding) in order.
Please turn to the next page.
On Wednesday next, I'm going to Spain.
The next chapter; the next week; the Sunday next before Easter
The man was driven by his love for money and his desire to become the next Bill Gates.
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Opposite
One that is opposite or contrary to another.
Next
Nearest in relationship. next of kin.}}
Next friend
Opposite
An opponent or antagonist.
Next
Denotes the one immediately following the current or most recent one.
Next week would be a good time to meet.
I'll know better next time.
Opposite
An antonym.
Next
(of days of the week or months of the year) Closest in the future, or closest but one if the closest is very soon; of days, sometimes thought to specifically refer to the instance closest to seven days (one week) in the future.
The party is next Tuesday; that is, not tomorrow, but eight days from now.
When you say next Thursday, do you mean Thursday this week or Thursday next week?
Opposite
In an opposite position
They sat opposite at the table.
Next
In a time, place, rank or sequence closest or following.
They live in the next closest house.
It's the next best thing to ice cream.
Opposite
Across from or facing
Parked the car opposite the bank.
Next
(conjunctive) So as to follow in time or sequence something previously mentioned.
First we removed all the handles; next, we stripped off the old paint.
Opposite
In a complementary dramatic role to
He played opposite her.
Next
On the first subsequent occasion.
Financial panic, earthquakes, oil spills, riots. What comes next?
When we next meet, you'll be married.
Opposite
Located directly across from something else, or from each other.
She saw him walking on the opposite side of the road.
Next
On the side of; nearest or adjacent to; next to.
Opposite
(botany) Of leaves and flowers, positioned directly across from each other on a stem.
Next
The one that follows after this one.
Next, please, don't hold up the queue!
One moment she was there, the next she wasn't.
The week after next
Opposite
Facing in the other direction.
They were moving in opposite directions.
Next
Nearest in place; having no similar object intervening.
Her princely guestWas next her side; in order sat the rest.
Fear followed me so hard, that I fled the next way.
Opposite
Of either of two complementary or mutually exclusive things.
He is attracted to the opposite sex.
Next
Nearest in time; as, the next day or hour.
Opposite
Extremely different; inconsistent; contrary; repugnant; antagonistic.
Next
Adjoining in a series; immediately preceding or following in order.
None could tell whose turn should be the next.
Opposite
Something opposite or contrary to something else.
Next
Nearest in degree, quality, rank, right, or relation; as, the next heir was an infant.
The man is near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen.
Opposite
A person or thing that is entirely different from or the reverse of someone or something else; used to show contrast between two people or two things.
She is the opposite of her ex-boyfriend who abused her both physically and verbally nearly every day for five years. She now works as an advocate and supportive listener for others who have endured abusive relationships.
Next
In the time, place, or order nearest or immediately succeeding; as, this man follows next.
Opposite
An opponent.
Next
Nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space;
Had adjacent rooms
In the next room
The person sitting next to me
Our rooms were side by side
Opposite
An antonym.
"Up" is the opposite of "down".
Next
(of elected officers) elected but not yet serving;
Our next president
Opposite
(mathematics) An additive inverse.
Next
Immediately following in time or order;
The following day
Next in line
The next president
The next item on the list
Opposite
In an opposite position.
I was on my seat and she stood opposite.
Where's the bus station? -Over there, just opposite.
Next
At the time or occasion immediately following;
Next the doctor examined his back
Opposite
Facing, or across from.
He lives opposite the pub.
Opposite
In a complementary role to.
He played opposite Marilyn Monroe.
Opposite
(television) On another channel at the same time.
The game show Just Men! aired opposite The Young and the Restless on CBS.
Opposite
Placed over against; standing or situated over against or in front; facing; - often with to; as, a house opposite to the Exchange; the concert hall and the state theater stood opposite each other on the plaza.
Opposite
Situated on the other end of an imaginary line passing through or near the middle of an intervening space or object; - of one object with respect to another; as, the office is on the opposite side of town; - also used both to describe two objects with respect to each other; as, the stores were on opposite ends of the mall.
Opposite
Applied to the other of two things which are entirely different; other; as, the opposite sex; the opposite extreme; antonyms have opposite meanings.
Opposite
Extremely different; inconsistent; contrary; repugnant; antagonistic.
Novels, by which the reader is misled into another sort of pleasure opposite to that which is designed in an epic poem.
Particles of speech have divers, and sometimes almost opposite, significations.
Opposite
Set over against each other, but separated by the whole diameter of the stem, as two leaves at the same node.
Opposite
One who opposes; an opponent; an antagonist.
The opposites of this day's strife.
Opposite
That which is opposed or contrary in character or meaning; as, sweetness and its opposite; up is the opposite of down.
The virtuous man meets with more opposites and opponents than any other.
Opposite
Two words that express opposing concepts;
To him the opposite of gay was depressed
Opposite
A relation of direct opposition;
We thought Sue was older than Bill but just the reverse was true
Opposite
A contestant that you are matched against
Opposite
Something inverted in sequence or character or effect;
When the direct approach failed he tried the inverse
Opposite
Being directly across from each other; facing;
And I on the opposite shore will be, ready to ride and spread the alarm
We lived on opposite sides of the street
At opposite poles
Opposite
Of leaves etc; growing in pairs on either side of a stem;
Opposite leaves
Opposite
Moving or facing away from each other;
Looking in opposite directions
They went in opposite directions
Opposite
The other one of a complementary pair;
The opposite sex
The two chess kings are set up on squares of opposite colors
Opposite
Altogether different in nature or quality or significance;
The medicine's effect was opposite to that intended
It is said that opposite characters make a union happiest
Opposite
Characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed;
In diametric contradiction to his claims
Diametrical (or opposite) points of view
Opposite meanings
Extreme and indefensible polar positions
Opposite
Directly facing each other;
The two photographs lay face-to-face on the table
Lived all their lives in houses face-to-face across the street
They sat opposite at the table
