It is tempting to confuse pop music with popular music. The New Grove Dictionary Of Music and Musicians, the musicologist's ultimate reference resource, identifies popular music as the music since industrialization in the 1800's that is most in line with the tastes and interests of the urban middle class.
The true opposite of prefix is no prefix. But, as a prefix means something added at the start of a word. the generally understood opposite is suffix-which is something added to the end of a word.hat is the opposite of the prefix pre? The prefix meaning the opposite of pre- (prior to, ahead of) is normally post- (after) which is also the opposite of ante- (before).
2. used as a noun. If two things or people are totally different from each other in some way, you can say that one is the opposite of the other. The opposite of right is wrong. He was the exact opposite of Ariel, of course. You can use the opposite without 'of', if it is clear what you are making a contrast with.e Careful! You cannot express difference by saying that one thing or person is 'opposite' another. 3. used as an adjective. Opposite can be an adjective either in front of a noun or after a noun, but with different meanings. You use opposite in front of a noun when you are mentioning one of two sides of something.