opposites

Synonyms

antipodes antithesis antonym

Phrases with the word

antithetical opposites clashing opposites comparing two opposites conflicting opposites extreme opposites comparing things which are polar opposites

Examples

Opposites are not contradictory but complementary. Niels Bohr

To contrast national solidarity and international cooperation as two opposites seems foolish to me. Gustav Stresemann

Light is meaningful only in relation to darkness, and truth presupposes error. It is these mingled opposites which people our life, which make it pungent, intoxicating. We only exist in terms of this conflict, in the zone where black and white clash. Louis Aragon

There are two kinds of truths: those of reasoning and those of fact. The truths of reasoning are necessary and their opposite is impossible; the truths of fact are contingent and their opposites are possible. Gottfried Leibniz

The most exciting attractions are between two opposites that never meet. Andy Warhol

Opposites attract. Latin Proverb