I assume you work over a commutative ring $R$.
Then, multiplication is a map from the tensor product $\mu:A\otimes A\to A$, satisfying associativity. Its opposite is defined as the composition $\mu\circ\sigma$ where $\sigma:A\otimes A\to A\otimes A$ is the exchange $a\otimes b\mapsto b\otimes a$.
Now, comultiplication is a map to the tensor product $\Delta:A\to A\otimes A$ (satisfying coassociativity), and thus its opposite should be the composition $\sigma\circ\Delta$.