Usually means: Counterpart in a contrasting role.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word opposite number:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. opposite number: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. opposite number: Merriam-Webster
  3. opposite number: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. opposite number: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. opposite number: Collins English Dictionary
  6. opposite number: Vocabulary.com
  7. opposite number: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. opposite number: Wiktionary
  9. opposite number: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. opposite number: Dictionary.com
  11. Opposite number: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. opposite number: Rhymezone
  13. opposite number: FreeDictionary.org
  14. opposite number: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. opposite number: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. opposite number: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. opposite number: Encyclopedia

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. opposite number: PlanetMath Encyclopedia

(Note: See opposite_numbers as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (opposite number)

noun:  (idiomatic) A person who holds a position in an organization that corresponds to that held by another person in another organization; a counterpart

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