Opposes Synonyms and Antonyms

Contrast with equal weight or force
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. resists
  2. disputes
  3. contradicts
  4. traverses
  5. faces
  6. repudiates
  7. controverts
  8. thwarts
  9. confronts
  10. contests
  11. gainsays
  12. counterbalances
  13. withstands
  14. crosses
  15. vies
  16. refutes
  17. confutes
  18. defies
  19. confounds
  20. protests
  21. repels
  22. probes
  23. pits
  24. questions
  25. bucks
  26. denies
  27. obstructs
  28. meets
  29. deprecates
  30. argues
  31. matches
  32. demurs
  33. fronts
  34. dislikes
  35. fights
  36. rejects
  37. encounters
  38. doubts
  39. debates
  40. duels
  41. disagrees
  42. reverses
  43. differs
  44. neutralizes
  45. objects
  46. countervails
  47. counteracts
  48. taunts
  49. counters
  50. contravenes
  51. contrasts
  52. challenges
  53. contends
  54. conflicts
  55. combats
  56. blocks
  57. disapproves
  58. battles
  59. exposes
  60. antagonizes
Antonyms:
  1. accepts
  2. approves
  3. agrees
Act against or in opposition to
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. pits
  2. matches
  3. reacts
  4. counters
Antonyms:
  1. supports
  2. promotes
  3. yields
  4. concurs
  5. participates
  6. joins
  7. agrees
  8. acquiesces

Words Related to Opposes

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.

Opposes Sentence Examples

  • Temperature, then, is the fundamental limit which nature opposes to the indefinite extension of any one species.

  • Uranus opposes the progressed MC mid year and progressed ascendant is exactly opposite natal mercury.

  • But, like ourselves, Luxemburg opposes any suppression of criticism, even bourgeois criticism.

  • By then, Aileen's case had been taken up by a lawyer who opposes capital punishment.

  • It opposes the Docetism which had its roots in oriental dualism.

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