arbitrary vs opposite

arbitrary

noun
  • Anything arbitrary, such as an arithmetical value or a fee. 

adj
  • Not representative or symbolic; not iconic. 

  • Determined by independent arbiter. 

  • Determined by impulse rather than reason; heavy-handed. 

  • Based on individual discretion or judgment; not based on any objective distinction, perhaps even made at random. 

  • Any, out of all that are possible. 

opposite

noun
  • An additive inverse. 

  • Something opposite or contrary to something else. 

  • An opponent. 

  • 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. 

  • An antonym. 

adv
  • In an opposite position. 

prep
  • Facing, or across from. 

  • In a complementary role to. 

  • On another channel at the same time. 

adj
  • Facing in the other direction. 

  • Of leaves and flowers, positioned directly across from each other on a stem. 

  • Located directly across from something else, or from each other. 

  • Of either of two complementary or mutually exclusive things. 

  • Extremely different; inconsistent; contrary; repugnant; antagonistic. 

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