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opposable

opposable adjective: susceptible to being opposed or resisted.

Adjective

opposable (comparative more opposable, superlative most opposable)

  1. Susceptible to being opposed or resisted.
    Antonyms:
    unopposable
  2. Capable of being placed opposite something else.
    • The thumb is opposable to the forefinger.
    Antonyms:
    nonopposable

opposable meaning in Tamil

opposable in Tamil

எதிர்க்கத்தக்க

Antonyms of opposable

Forms of opposable

comparativemore opposable
superlativemost opposable

Origin of opposable

From oppose + -able.

Words formed from opposable

Phrases with opposable

Questions about opposable

What does opposable mean?
Opposable means susceptible to being opposed or resisted.
What is opposable in Tamil?
Opposable in Tamil is எதிர்க்கத்தக்க. See Opposable meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is opposable?
Opposable is an adjective.

Words near opposable in the dictionary

  1. opportunivore
  2. opportunivores
  3. oppos
  4. opposabilities
  5. opposability
  6. opposable
  7. opposable thumb
  8. opposable thumbs
  9. opposably
  10. opposal
  11. opposals

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Adapted from Wiktionary: opposable (page history and authors); opposable (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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