opinion ruling | the reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself) |
counterpart opposite number vis-a-vis | a person or thing having the same function or characteristics as another |
poll opinion poll public opinion poll canvass | an inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people |
impression feeling belief notion opinion | a vague idea in which some confidence is placed, his impression of her was favorable, what are your feelings about the crisis?, it strengthened my belief in his sincerity, I had a feeling that she was lying |
opinion sentiment persuasion view thought | a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty, my opinion differs from yours, I am not of your persuasion, what are your thoughts on Haiti? |
public opinion popular opinion opinion vox populi | a belief or sentiment shared by most people, the voice of the people, he asked for a poll of public opinion |
preconception prepossession parti pris preconceived opinion preconceived idea preconceived notion | an opinion formed beforehand without adequate evidence, he did not even try to confirm his preconceptions |
antonym opposite word opposite | 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' |
opinion legal opinion judgment judgement | the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision, opinions are usually written by a single judge |
concurring opinion | an opinion that agrees with the court's disposition of the case but is written to express a particular judge's reasoning |
dissenting opinion | an opinion that disagrees with the court's disposition of the case |
majority opinion | the opinion joined by a majority of the court (generally known simply as `the opinion') |
opinion view | a message expressing a belief about something, the expression of a belief that is held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof, his opinions appeared frequently on the editorial page |
adverse opinion | an opinion concerning financial statements (usually based on an audit by a CPA) that the statements as a whole do not present results fairly or are not in conformity with the generally accepted accounting practices of the United States |
dispute difference difference of opinion conflict | a disagreement or argument about something important, he had a dispute with his wife, there were irreconcilable differences, the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats |
opposition opponent opposite | a contestant that you are matched against |
reverse contrary opposite | a relation of direct opposition, we thought Sue was older than Bill but just the reverse was true |
inverse opposite | something inverted in sequence or character or effect, when the direct approach failed he tried the inverse |
opposite paired | of leaves etc, growing in pairs on either side of a stem, opposite leaves |
diametric diametrical opposite polar | 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 | 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- Charles Reade |
opposite | the other one of a complementary pair, the opposite sex, the two chess kings are set up on squares of opposite colors |
opposite | being directly across from each other, facing, And I on the opposite shore will be, ready to ride and spread the alarm- Longfellow, we lived on opposite sides of the street, at opposite poles |
opposite | moving or facing away from each other, looking in opposite directions, they went in opposite directions |
face-to-face 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 |