Definition for Oppose:

• To act adversely or in opposition; -- with against or to; as, a servant opposed against the act.

Synonyms for Oppose:

• n.

  •
  • probe,
  • dare,
  • reverse,
  • doubt,
  • taunt,
  • question,
  • approve,
  • gainsay,
  • debate,
  • deprecate,
  • disapprove,
  • buck,
  • expose,
  • confound,
  • turn the tables,
  • dislike.
  •
  • attack,
  • secede,
  • go against,
  • combat,
  • skirmish,
  • overpower,
  • contest,
  • engage,
  • retaliate,
  • rebel,
  • assault,
  • revolt,
  • scrap,
  • bombard,
  • act,
  • battle,
  • outflank,
  • assail.
  •
  • traverse.
  •oppose (noun)
  • fight back,
  • react,
  • fight down,
  • controvert,
  • play off,
  • defend,
  • counterbalance,
  • pit,
  • contradict,
  • fight,
  • match.

• v.

  •compare, play off (verb)
  • contrast,
  • match,
  • counterbalance,
  • vie,
  • pit,
  • set against,
  • array.
  •contend (verb)
  • compete,
  • quarrel,
  • dissent,
  • protest,
  • hassle,
  • encounter,
  • dispute,
  • antagonize,
  • wrangle,
  • struggle,
  • confront,
  • contrast,
  • clash,
  • withstand,
  • contend,
  • vie,
  • wrestle,
  • bicker,
  • brawl,
  • conflict,
  • face,
  • stand.
  •counteract (verb)
  • offset,
  • tamper,
  • neutralize,
  • Counterwork.
  •defend (verb)
  • barricade,
  • avert,
  • safeguard,
  • protect,
  • counterattack,
  • screen,
  • defend,
  • shelter,
  • police,
  • return,
  • answer,
  • support,
  • retort,
  • shield,
  • sustain,
  • resist,
  • fend,
  • backfire,
  • respond,
  • buffer,
  • save,
  • bar,
  • secure,
  • ward,
  • counter,
  • uphold,
  • reply,
  • argue,
  • rebut,
  • cover,
  • guard.
  •defy (verb)
  • disobey.
  •disagree (verb)
  • complain,
  • disagree,
  • defy,
  • differ,
  • reject,
  • object,
  • demur,
  • repudiate,
  • challenge,
  • collide.
  •disapprove (verb)
  • object to,
  • discountenance.
  •disprove (verb)
  • contravene,
  • overturn,
  • deny,
  • negate,
  • refute,
  • parry,
  • disprove,
  • subvert,
  • belie,
  • confute.
  •fight, obstruct (verb)
  • combat,
  • speak against,
  • attack,
  • counterattack,
  • assault,
  • thwart,
  • not countenance,
  • gainsay,
  • face down,
  • expose,
  • disagree,
  • resist,
  • contradict,
  • disapprove,
  • defy,
  • reverse,
  • bar,
  • protest,
  • argue,
  • debate,
  • fight,
  • run counter to,
  • take on,
  • controvert,
  • encounter,
  • take issue,
  • bombard,
  • deny,
  • neutralize,
  • taunt,
  • battle,
  • counter,
  • cross,
  • face,
  • assail,
  • prevent,
  • call in question,
  • fly in the face of,
  • hinder,
  • turn the tables,
  • search out,
  • frown at,
  • confront,
  • stand up to,
  • withstand,
  • check,
  • take a stand,
  • dispute.
  •hinder (verb)
  • clog,
  • foul,
  • thwart,
  • congest,
  • deter,
  • entrap,
  • curb,
  • bottleneck,
  • constipate,
  • fetter,
  • brake,
  • mire,
  • snarl,
  • detain,
  • choke,
  • snag,
  • encumber,
  • crimp,
  • hamstring,
  • bung,
  • constrain,
  • hamper,
  • cripple,
  • block,
  • restrain,
  • complicate,
  • impair,
  • cramp,
  • handicap,
  • stay,
  • catch,
  • restrict,
  • burden,
  • baffle,
  • jam,
  • plug,
  • tangle,
  • paralyze,
  • stop,
  • interrupt,
  • delay,
  • dam,
  • frustrate,
  • drag,
  • entangle.
  •oppose (verb)
  • cross,
  • repulse,
  • interfere,
  • impede,
  • suppress,
  • obstruct,
  • inhibit,
  • intercept,
  • rebuff,
  • oppress,
  • counteract,
  • repel,
  • repress,
  • hinder,
  • check,
  • fight,
  • meddle,
  • contradict.
  •prohibit (verb)
  • forbid.
  •protest (verb)
  • remonstrate.
  •resist (verb)
  • stand fast,
  • stand firm,
  • snub,
  • stand up to.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • disapprove,
  • quarrel with,
  • juxtapose,
  • propose,
  • go against.
  •
  • buck,
  • obey,
  • disagree with,
  • gainsay,
  • dare.
  •
  • contest.
  •
  • rebel.
  •
  • traverse,
  • distance.
  •
  • tackle.
  •
  • divide.
  •beard
  • stand up to.
  •compare
  • set side by side,
  • place in juxtaposition,
  • set against.
  •condemn
  • disapprove.
  •conflict
  • bump heads with,
  • disharmonize.
  •confront
  • face up to,
  • face down.
  •contrast
  • set in opposition.
  •counteract
  • go against,
  • countercheck.
  •defend
  • fight back.
  •deny
  • say no to,
  • keep back.
  •deplore
  • deprecate.
  •disagree
  • dissent,
  • quibble,
  • demur.
  •disapprove
  • look askance at.
  •disprove
  • belie.
  •doubt
  • question.
  •impede
  • trammel.
  •protect
  • defend.
  •protest
  • be against.
  •remonstrate
  • frown upon,
  • remonstrate,
  • expostulate.
  •Other relevant words:
  • contrary,
  • combat,
  • apt,
  • back,
  • bear,
  • assail,
  • even off,
  • antipodes,
  • equal,
  • make a stand,
  • denial,
  • match,
  • face down,
  • contemn,
  • jar,
  • antithetical,
  • keep going,
  • front,
  • Similize,
  • onwards,
  • resistance,
  • control,
  • slightingly,
  • appose,
  • contend with,
  • diverge,
  • brave,
  • dare,
  • clever,
  • abjure,
  • cope with,
  • disapproval,
  • war,
  • analogize,
  • recant,
  • compete with,
  • perverse,
  • pair,
  • strife,
  • well-behaved,
  • turn the tables,
  • choke off,
  • From,
  • look askance at,
  • talk out of,
  • flout,
  • ostracise,
  • disagreement,
  • recalcitrate,
  • inversion,
  • able,
  • frown,
  • lock,
  • bump heads,
  • approve,
  • rebuke,
  • laconically,
  • disapprove of,
  • piercing,
  • cunning,
  • squawk,
  • issue,
  • block up,
  • wryly,
  • capable,
  • liken,
  • set off against,
  • animosity,
  • disturb,
  • deprecation,
  • shrewd,
  • fight against,
  • equate,
  • draw a parallel,
  • obdurate,
  • keen,
  • dryly,
  • sardonically,
  • jibe,
  • sharp,
  • weigh,
  • short-circuit,
  • hold up,
  • stick,
  • condemnation,
  • shun,
  • hold,
  • say no to,
  • crafty,
  • messy,
  • even out,
  • contrariness,
  • vie with,
  • doubt,
  • put alongside,
  • couple,
  • stem,
  • fit,
  • speak against,
  • previously,
  • enmity,
  • withdraw,
  • preclude,
  • disapprovingly,
  • fly,
  • disapprobation,
  • separate,
  • bad,
  • ostracize,
  • exhibit,
  • violate,
  • equalize,
  • put up with,
  • opposed,
  • pock,
  • compete,
  • mitigate,
  • avoid,
  • opposite,
  • balance,
  • breast,
  • slacken,
  • relate,
  • cancel,
  • scar,
  • question,
  • go against,
  • hostility,
  • attack,
  • disincline,
  • During,
  • elude,
  • agitate,
  • drop out,
  • cheek,
  • cope,
  • weaken,
  • on the whole,
  • arrest,
  • engage with,
  • oppugn,
  • propose,
  • antagonism,
  • countercheck,
  • not admit,
  • distinguish,
  • discord,
  • Reluct,
  • obedient,
  • fly in the face of,
  • fight back,
  • retaliate,
  • frown upon,
  • astute,
  • ignore,
  • debate,
  • discourage,
  • refuse,
  • adversary,
  • press,
  • skirmish,
  • face up to,
  • destroy,
  • take offence,
  • vote against,
  • brush,
  • foil,
  • close,
  • hedge,
  • divide,
  • secede,
  • prevent,
  • distress,
  • stymie,
  • ahead,
  • dampen,
  • last,
  • buck,
  • Deprecatingly,
  • scoff at,
  • reverse,
  • stand up to,
  • gibe,
  • array,
  • outlast,
  • difficulty,
  • contradiction,
  • correct,
  • ironically,
  • find fault,
  • contravention,
  • censure,
  • mark,
  • crusade,
  • opposer,
  • contradistinguish,
  • not go for,
  • contested,
  • critically,
  • forbid,
  • twin,
  • parallel,
  • rely on,
  • fractious,
  • stone,
  • go counter to,
  • assimilate,
  • take on,
  • break,
  • opposition,
  • disapprove,
  • bridle,
  • contest,
  • grouse,
  • antithesis,
  • contrariety,
  • converse,
  • Disaffirm,
  • hold the line,
  • take,
  • stump,
  • reduce,
  • objection,
  • strike,
  • offensively,
  • dissuade,
  • adroit,
  • infringe,
  • disallow,
  • weather,
  • represent,
  • keep back,
  • obstacle,
  • not accept,
  • call in question,
  • act,
  • champion,
  • place against,
  • battle,
  • disparagingly,
  • work against,
  • not hear of,
  • bolt,
  • acute,
  • play off,
  • uncontested,
  • subtend,
  • ban,
  • deviate from,
  • fight down,
  • scotch,
  • compensate,
  • hold out against,
  • rival,
  • grapple with,
  • overpower,
  • emotionlessly,
  • retard,
  • measure,
  • transgress,
  • dam up,
  • set at naught,
  • disagree with,
  • take issue,
  • reprobation,
  • rearwards,
  • abnegate,
  • emulate,
  • counterpoise,
  • jostle,
  • differentiate,
  • outflank,
  • push,
  • scruple,
  • dissension,
  • trammel,
  • close with,
  • blackball,
  • not countenance,
  • assault,
  • overstep,
  • bandy with,
  • disobey,
  • campaign,
  • even up,
  • traverse,
  • deviate,
  • quibble,
  • impugn,
  • inverse,
  • cross,
  • forswear,
  • conflict with,
  • tricky,
  • disorderly,
  • hold out,
  • mate,
  • duel,
  • taunt,
  • counterpose,
  • suffer,
  • erroneous,
  • insultingly,
  • set at odds,
  • artful,
  • struggle against,
  • remonstrate,
  • disclaim,
  • controvert,
  • frown at,
  • endure,
  • brush away,
  • revoke,
  • disharmonize,
  • stultify,
  • tackle,
  • disavow,
  • rebel,
  • slow,
  • pit against,
  • struggle with,
  • gripe,
  • tell apart,
  • measure up to,
  • take exception,
  • mistaken,
  • quarrel with,
  • With,
  • countervail,
  • Versus,
  • draw the line,
  • tally,
  • object to,
  • foe,
  • keep in check,
  • damp,
  • take umbrage,
  • Toward,
  • disfavor,
  • lock horns,
  • expose,
  • cavil,
  • sarcastically,
  • clapperclaw,
  • grumble,
  • disown,
  • beef,
  • Intermeddle,
  • stand up against,
  • protestation,
  • fend for,
  • correspond,
  • diametrical,
  • place in juxtaposition,
  • be against,
  • meet head-on,
  • polarize,
  • put in opposition,
  • enemy,
  • make a fuss,
  • battle with,
  • protest against,
  • countermine,
  • wily,
  • corrupt,
  • run,
  • raise objection,
  • discriminate,
  • bombard,
  • argue against,
  • chaotic,
  • scrap,
  • balk,
  • prohibit,
  • compare with,
  • conterminous,
  • maintain,
  • obviate,
  • exclude,
  • bottle up,
  • Into,
  • interfere with,
  • distance,
  • impediment,
  • advise against,
  • counterbalance,
  • take a stand,
  • counter-attack,
  • beforehand,
  • take exception to,
  • athwart,
  • hedge in,
  • negative,
  • think little of,
  • set side by side,
  • probe,
  • mutiny,
  • meet,
  • revolt,
  • obey,
  • annul,
  • hindrance,
  • tolerate,
  • kick,
  • Against,
  • run against,
  • renounce,
  • recoil,
  • duster,
  • equalise,
  • set against,
  • obstinate,
  • exception,
  • other extreme,
  • accuse,
  • expostulate,
  • search out,
  • confound,
  • denounce,
  • survive,
  • intervene,
  • bitch,
  • pit,
  • agree to disagree,
  • backwards,
  • disregard,
  • bump heads with,
  • hold back,
  • rail,
  • dislike,
  • touch,
  • react,
  • engage,
  • juxtapose,
  • gainsay,
  • take back,
  • discountenance,
  • aggression,
  • belay,
  • set in opposition,
  • nullify,
  • evade,
  • set back,
  • pitch into,
  • cut both ways,
  • run counter to,
  • retract,
  • scorn,
  • compare,
  • Forelay,
  • deprecate,
  • turn the scale,
  • militate,
  • sly.

Antonyms for Oppose:

• Other antonyms:

  • n. t.
    abide, accept, advance, advocate, agree, aid, allow, approve, assist, back, bear, bow, capitulate, champion, compare, comply, cultivate, defend, encourage, endorse, endure, espouse, favor, favour, forward, foster, further, give in, go along, harmonise, harmonize, help, knuckle under, nourish, nurture, participate, permit, promote, put, stoop, stoop to, submit, succumb, suffer, support, surrender, yield, bow to, submit to, yield to, surrender to, give in to, succumb to, knuckle under to, capitulate to.

• v.

  • fight, obstruct
    approve, participate, give in, join, help, go along, forward, accept, yield, retreat, comply, favor, allow, surrender, encourage, support, make peace, agree, aid, assist, harmonize, permit.
  • Other antonyms:
    bow, capitulate, surrender, promote, cultivate, encourage, succumb, give in, abide, submit, yield, suffer, forward, back, support, foster, knuckle under, nourish, champion, advocate, bear, stoop, further, nurture, endure, uphold, endorse, advance.