Synonyms for In opposition:

• adj.

  •defensive (adjective)
  • coping with,
  • thwarting,
  • protecting,
  • Withstanding,
  • resistive,
  • foiling,
  • preventive,
  • Checking,
  • frustrating,
  • averting,
  • arresting,
  • Interrupting,
  • warding off,
  • guarding,
  • uptight,
  • opposing,
  • preservative,
  • safeguarding,
  • defending,
  • forestalling,
  • balking,
  • conservative.
  •opposed/opposing (adjective)
  • crossing,
  • Battling,
  • rival,
  • Gainsaying,
  • warring,
  • enemy,
  • repelling,
  • Disputing,
  • incompatible,
  • antonymous,
  • allergic,
  • Exposing,
  • Controverting,
  • Combating,
  • Denying,
  • irreconcilable,
  • protesting,
  • Objecting,
  • disputed,
  • facing,
  • averse,
  • confronting.
  •oppositional (adjective)
  • adversarial.
  •repugnant (adjective)
  • creepy,
  • alien,
  • extraneous,
  • sickening,
  • horrid,
  • loathsome,
  • unfriendly,
  • objectionable,
  • repellent,
  • invidious,
  • disgusting,
  • disagreeable,
  • abhorrent,
  • hateful,
  • extrinsic,
  • abominable,
  • noisome,
  • offensive,
  • foul,
  • vile,
  • nauseating,
  • revolting,
  • different,
  • odious,
  • distasteful,
  • inconsistent,
  • nasty,
  • foreign,
  • contradictory.

• a. & adv.

  •au contraire (adjective, adverb)
  • most contrarily,
  • more contrarily.

• n.

  •in opposition (noun)
  • con.

• Other synonyms:

  •Other relevant words:
  • breakaway,
  • conflicting,
  • sinister,
  • at issue,
  • in disagreement,
  • recusant,
  • clashing,
  • at variance,
  • opposite,
  • against the wind,
  • underground,
  • stressful,
  • against the tide,
  • alienated,
  • in opposition to,
  • dissident,
  • at loggerheads,
  • nonconforming,
  • up in arms,
  • in conflict,
  • Sectary,
  • antithetic,
  • adverse,
  • competing,
  • detrimental,
  • inharmonious,
  • not easy,
  • oppositional,
  • sectarian,
  • inimical,
  • troublous,
  • athwart,
  • counter,
  • resistance,
  • wretched,
  • Contra,
  • counteractively,
  • counteractive,
  • harmful,
  • miserable,
  • antagonistically,
  • hard,
  • at daggers drawn,
  • dissenting,
  • competitive,
  • in deadly embrace,
  • contrary,
  • difficult,
  • antiestablishment,
  • trying,
  • at war with,
  • antipathetic,
  • at variance with,
  • untoward,
  • at war,
  • disagreeing,
  • unfavorable,
  • at odds with,
  • opposed to,
  • unfavourable,
  • at daggers,
  • repel,
  • odds,
  • rigorous,
  • counter-culture,
  • troublesome,
  • contrariwise,
  • antithetical,
  • counter to,
  • opposingly,
  • contrasting,
  • Resisting,
  • antagonistic,
  • not in keeping,
  • au contraire,
  • in hostile array,
  • cross,
  • eyeball-to-eyeball,
  • hostile.

Antonyms for In opposition:

• adj.

  • defensive
    undefensive, unwary, unprotective, unwatchful.
  • opposed
    in favor of, kind.
  • opposed/opposing
    helping, Assisting, Aiding, compatible, similar.
  • repugnant
    friendly, pleasant, agreeable, likeable, nice, pleasing, good, delightful.