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Adding a noun takes 30 seconds but it comes with a big responsibility. Once you add the noun, you own it on www.oppo-site.com.
You must take on board oppo-inions of others before linking to its opposite. If its opposite hasn't been added yet, you must add (and own) that too.
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The Science of Opposites
The science of opposites where we aim to explore the opposite of every noun in the English language.
Nouns don't tend to have opposites - words like knife, pen, house, car and phone are somehow more complete when you find their logical partner.
Register and play your part in solving one of language's great mysteries. If we all do 1 noun each, we'll have this finished in no time.
How are opposites classified?
Each noun is described based on the following taxonomy:
Noun Type:
Concrete nouns refer to physical bodies which you use at least one of your senses to observe. For instance, "desk", "carrot", or "Sweden"
Abstract nouns refer to abstract objects such as ideas or concepts. Examples include such as "love" or "misfortune".
Existence:
Real nouns are things that may be found in every day life and would, for instance, be listed in a dictionary or encyclopedia.
Hallucinated nouns are completely made up for the purpose of finding opposites.
Although www.oppo-site.com doesn't enforce strict rules, Hallucinated nouns should only be created as an opposite to a Real noun.
An example of an hallucinated noun would be 'Vampire Depressant Tables' - which are the opposite of 'mirror'.
