Definition for Oppose:

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

Synonyms for Oppose:

• n.

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

Antonyms for Oppose:

• 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:
    yield, knuckle under, advance, further, bow, suffer, champion, advocate, stoop, bear, surrender, support, forward, back, uphold.

Hypernym for Oppose:

• v.

  • communication
    contest, repugn, contend.

Hyponym for Oppose:

• v.

  • communication
    contend, debate, argue, fence.