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adjective
Belonging to the opposition or constituting the opposition
Synonyms: adverse, antagonistic, conflicting, rival, inimical, antonymous, hostile, adversarial, antithetical, antithetic, obstructive, recalcitrant, calumniating, competitive, aspiring, contesting, defensive, resistive, opponent, anti, resistant, antipathetic, challenging, disputative, at variance, litigative, defying, unfavorable, opposed, sinister, contradictory, contending, oppositional, opposite
Antonyms: friendly, favorable, allied
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adjective
Situated opposite
Synonyms: contrary, opposite, antipodal, antipodean, antithetical, antonymic, antonymous, facing, contradictory, converse, counter, diametric, diametrical, fronting, polar, reverse
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verb
Act against or in opposition to
Synonyms: pitting, matching, reacting, countering
Antonyms: supporting, promoting, yielding, concurring, participating, joining, agreeing, acquiescing
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verb
Contrast with equal weight or force
Synonyms: resisting, disputing, contradicting, facing, traversing, repudiating, controverting, thwarting, confronting, contesting, gainsaying, counterbalancing, crossing, withstanding, vying, refuting, confuting, defying, confounding, protesting, repelling, rebelling, probing, questioning, bucking, denying, pitting, obstructing, deprecating, arguing, meeting, matching, demurring, disliking, fronting, fighting, rejecting, doubting, debating, encountering, duelling, reversing, disagreeing, differing, neutralizing, objecting, countervailing, counteracting, taunting, countering, contravening, contrasting, challenging, contending, conflicting, combatting, blocking, disapproving, battling, exposing, antagonizing
Antonyms: accepting, approving, agreeing
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verb
Fight against or resist strongly
Synonyms: fighting, facing, contesting, engaging, meeting, clashing, protesting, storming, assailing, attacking, assaulting, bombarding, confronting, encountering, battling, resisting, scrapping, overpowering, impeding, retaliating, defending, antagonizing, outflanking, struggling, shielding, acting, safeguarding, guarding, repelling, withstanding, infringing, snubbing, defying, combatting, seceding, revolting, rebelling, upholding, restraining
Antonyms: participating, joining, supporting, promoting, yielding, assisting, concurring, aiding, helping, favoring, agreeing, acquiescing
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adjective
In the act of opposition
Synonyms: defending, conflicting, clashing, combating, fending, objecting, disagreeing, exposing, disputing, denying, protesting, controverting, crossing, gainsaying, battling, confronting, reversing, neutralizing, facing, stemming, meeting, breasting, withstanding, repelling, resisting, counteracting, outflanking, in defiance of, at variance, at-cross-purposes, in disagreement with, in opposition to, at-loggerheads, at-odds, on-the-outs, with daggers drawn
Antonyms: defending, helping, agreeing
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noun
A violent struggle
Synonyms: opposition, denial, contest