Oppose Synonyms and Antonyms

ə-pōz
To place in opposition or be in opposition to
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. pit
  2. match
  3. play off
  4. counter
  5. react
Antonyms:
  1. support
  2. acquiesce
  3. agree
  4. concur
  5. yield
  6. promote
  7. join
  8. participate
To hold a contrary opinion
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. controvert
  2. buck
  3. dispute
  4. contradict
  5. resist
  6. argue
  7. deny
  8. confront
  9. debate
  10. cross
  11. defy
  12. contest
  13. object
  14. gainsay
  15. protest
  16. counterbalance
  17. thwart
  18. repudiate
  19. face
  20. traverse
  21. reject
  22. expose
  23. disapprove
  24. search out
  25. run counter to
  26. taunt
  27. cope
  28. speak against
  29. neutralize
  30. reverse
  31. turn-the-tables
  32. not countenance
  33. challenge
  34. be opposed to
  35. oppose change
  36. not have any part of
  37. face-down
  38. antagonize
  39. militate against
  40. interfere with
  41. disapprove of
  42. battle
  43. disagree-with
  44. block
  45. not conform
  46. run against
  47. come in conflict with
  48. combat
  49. not abide
  50. conflict
  51. go contrary to
  52. part company with
  53. frown-at
  54. contend
  55. not be good for
  56. not accept
  57. call in question
  58. be at cross purposes
  59. contrapose
  60. contrast with
  61. conflict with
  62. contrast
  63. grapple with
  64. contravene
  65. doubt
  66. be reluctant
  67. be against
  68. counter
  69. be unwilling
  70. counteract
  71. dislike
  72. demur
  73. countervail
  74. deprecate
  75. take-exception
  76. repugn
  77. question
  78. probe
  79. differ
  80. confound
  81. disagree
  82. confute
  83. refute
  84. discountenance
  85. stand up for the other side
  86. cry-out-against
  87. duel
  88. turn thumbs down
  89. encounter
  90. cry-down
  91. swim against the stream
  92. fight
  93. have a brush with
  94. front
  95. impugn
  96. match
  97. meet
  98. militate
  99. obstruct
  100. oppugn
  101. pit
  102. polarize
  103. rebel
  104. repel
  105. vie
  106. withstand
Antonyms:
  1. agree
  2. approve
  3. accept

Words Related to Oppose

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. dare
  2. condemn
  3. denounce
  4. in opposition to
  5. deplore
  6. vote-against
  7. legitimise
  8. legitimize

Oppose Sentence Examples

  • Stahl's chief aim was to oppose materialism.

  • You see, I don't say that we ought to oppose this and that.

  • Genoa determined to oppose the concession, and war broke out.

  • No one to oppose us.

  • In practice individualism is chiefly concerned to oppose the concentration of commercial and industrial enterprise in the hands of the state and the municipality.

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