Another word for opposing
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Adjective
Acting against or in opposition
- Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting opposition
- Acting in opposition; opposing.
- Being, of having an opponent; not unopposed.
- Simple past tense and past participle of oppose.
- Having or showing a strong aversion or repugnance:
- Opposed in nature or character; antagonistic:
- Causing a feeling of antipathy; repugnant:
- showing antagonism; acting in opposition
- Acting or serving to oppose; antagonistic:
- Contrary to one's interests or welfare; harmful or unfavorable:
- Moving in an opposite or opposing direction:
- Relating to or characteristic of an adversary; involving antagonistic elements:
See also:Diametrically opposed
- Turned backward in position, direction, or order:
- Moving, acting, or organized in a manner contrary to the usual:
- Causing backward movement:
- Of or relating to a pole.
- Measured from or referred to a pole:
- Relating to, connected with, or located near the North Pole or South Pole.
- Placed or located directly across from something else or from each other:
- Facing the other way; moving or tending away from each other:
- Being the other of two complementary or mutually exclusive things:
- Of, relating to, or along a diameter.
- Exactly opposite; contrary.
- Contrary; opposing:
- One that is an opposite.
- A boxing blow given while receiving or parrying another.
- To engage in an exchange of thoughts and feelings by means of speech or sign language.
- To interact socially with others; associate.
- An interchange of thoughts and feelings by means of speech or sign language; conversation.
- Opposed, as in character or purpose:
- Opposite in direction or position:
- Moving in the opposite direction at a fixed interval:
- Involving, of the nature of, or being a contradiction:
- Given to contradicting:
- Either of two propositions related in such a way that it is impossible for both to be true or both to be false.
- of, or having the nature of, an antonym; opposite in meaning
- Of or relating to an antonym or antonyms.
- Being in diametrical opposition:
- Of, relating to, or marked by antithesis.
- Of, relating to, or situated on the opposite side or sides of the earth:
- Diametrically opposed; exactly opposite.
- One of usually three cells situated at the opposite end from the egg in the mature embryo sac of a flowering plant.
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Another word for opposing
Modifier
In the act of opposition
- (chiefly US, idiomatic) On unfriendly terms; estranged.
- (idiomatic) in disagreement; conflicting
- (idiomatic) Mutually misunderstanding each other's plans, intentions or meanings.
- Present participle of counteract.
- Present participle of resist.
- Present participle of defend.
- Present participle of repel.
- Present participle of withstand.
- Present participle of breast.
- (engineering) The curved channel in which a breastwheel turns.
- The act or process or an instance of coming together; an encounter.
- An assembly or gathering of people, as for a business, social, or religious purpose.
- Present participle of stem.
- (nautical) Movement against a current, especially a tidal current.
- A process for removing the inflexional, and sometimes derivational, affixes from words.
- A piece of material sewn to the edge of a garment, such as a dress or coat, as lining or decoration.
- Material used for such a lining or decoration.
- An outer layer or coating applied to a surface for protection or decoration.
- (American) Alternative spelling of neutralising; present participle of neutralize.
- Present participle of reverse.
- Present participle of confront.
- Opposition, especially in speech.
- Refusal to accept or believe something.
- Contradiction.
- The act or action of crossing.
- A place at which roads, lines, or tracks intersect; an intersection.
- A place at which a river, railroad, or highway, for example, may be crossed:
- Present participle of controvert.
- Present participle of protest.
- protestation
- Present participle of deny.
- Present participle of dispute.
- dispute; argument
- Present participle of expose.
- Present participle of disagree.
- Present participle of object.
- Present participle of fend.
- simple past tense and past participle of combat
- Alternative spelling of combatting.
- Striking, or dashing together; fighting; contending; struggling to resist and overcome.
- Being in opposition; contrary; contradictory.
- Present participle of conflict.
Belonging to the opposition or constituting the opposition
- Involving, of the nature of, or being a contradiction:
- Given to contradicting:
- Either of two propositions related in such a way that it is impossible for both to be true or both to be false.
- Suggesting or threatening harm or evil:
- Causing or intending harm or evil; wicked:
- Portending misfortune or disaster; ominous:
- Likely to be a hindrance; disadvantageous:
- Having or showing opposition; adverse:
- Present participle of defy.
- Requiring the full application of one's abilities, attention, or resources:
- Capable of, offering, or showing resistance. Often used in combination:
- One that is resistant, especially a person active in a Resistance movement.
- Of, tending toward, or marked by resistance:
- Intended or appropriate for defending; protective.
- Intended to withstand or deter aggression or attack:
- Of or relating to the effort to prevent an opponent from gaining points in a game or athletic contest.
- Present participle of contest.
- striving for or desirous of reaching some (usually lofty) goal
- One who attempts to equal or surpass another, or who pursues the same object as another; a competitor.
- One that equals or almost equals another in a particular respect:
- A companion or an associate in a particular duty.
- Of, involving, or determined by competition:
- Liking competition or inclined to compete:
- Relating to the inhibition of enzyme activity that results from the reversible combination of an enzyme with an alternate compound and prevents normal substrate binding.
- Present participle of calumniate.
- Striking, or dashing together; fighting; contending; struggling to resist and overcome.
- Being in opposition; contrary; contradictory.
- Present participle of conflict.
- showing antagonism; acting in opposition
- Stubbornly resistant to or defiant of authority or guidance.
- Difficult to manage or deal with:
- Resistant to chemical decomposition; decomposing extremely slowly.
- obstructing or tending to obstruct
- diametrically opposed
- antithetical
- Being in diametrical opposition:
- Of, relating to, or marked by antithesis.
- Acting or serving to oppose; antagonistic:
- Contrary to one's interests or welfare; harmful or unfavorable:
- Moving in an opposite or opposing direction:
- Of, relating to, or characteristic of an enemy:
- Feeling or showing enmity or ill will:
- Being in opposition; opposed:
- of, or having the nature of, an antonym; opposite in meaning
- Injurious or harmful in effect; adverse:
- Unfriendly; hostile:
See also:Situated opposite
- (phonetics, phonology) A process whereby a vowel or a consonant is pronounced farther to the front of the vocal tract than some reference point.
- (phonology) A phonological relationship where a front vowel is found in place of a relative back vowel in an inflected form of a word.
- (linguistics) An analogous relationship between the vowel sounds in a dialect of a language relative to the language standard or an earlier form of the language.
- A piece of material sewn to the edge of a garment, such as a dress or coat, as lining or decoration.
- Material used for such a lining or decoration.
- An outer layer or coating applied to a surface for protection or decoration.
- Opposed, as in character or purpose:
- Opposite in direction or position:
- Moving in the opposite direction at a fixed interval:
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Noun
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- A struggle for superiority or victory between rivals:
- A competition, especially one in which entrants perform separately and are rated by judges:
- To compete or strive for; struggle to gain or control:
- A refusal to comply with or satisfy a request.
- A refusal to grant the truth of a statement or allegation; a contradiction.
- The formal challenge by a defendant of the truth of an allegation made by the plaintiff.
- The act of opposing or resisting.
- The condition of being in conflict; antagonism:
- Placement opposite to or in contrast with another.
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