Synonyms for Oppose:

• n.

  •
  • secede,
  • attack,
  • strike back,
  • overpower,
  • tear up,
  • skirmish,
  • act,
  • scrap,
  • battle,
  • bombard,
  • engage,
  • assail,
  • retaliate,
  • assault,
  • have/have got against,
  • outflank.
  •controvert (noun)
  • controvert.
  •fight down (noun)
  • fight down.
  •in front (noun)
  • front.
  •oppose (noun)
  • react,
  • turn the scales,
  • defend.

• v.

  •balance (verb)
  • re-adjusts,
  • coming out even,
  • counter-balancing,
  • re-deeming,
  • re-adjusting,
  • re deemed,
  • makes up for,
  • counter-balanced,
  • re-deem,
  • re-adjusted,
  • making up for,
  • paired off,
  • re deeming,
  • re deem,
  • re-deems,
  • makes for,
  • counter balanced,
  • counter balance,
  • re adjusted,
  • counter balancing,
  • re deems,
  • re adjust,
  • re-deemed,
  • counter balances,
  • comes out even,
  • re adjusts,
  • pairs off,
  • came out even,
  • re adjusting.
  •beard (verb)
  • stands to,
  • stands up to,
  • standing up to,
  • stood to.
  •belie (verb)
  • be-lied,
  • dis-affirm,
  • dis-affirmed,
  • be lied,
  • dis affirmed,
  • be lying,
  • dis affirms,
  • dis affirm,
  • dis-affirms,
  • dis-affirming,
  • dis affirming,
  • be-lying.
  •buck (verb)
  • dis lodging,
  • un seat,
  • dis-lodging,
  • un seated,
  • dis-lodges,
  • un-seated,
  • dis lodged,
  • dis-lodged,
  • un seats,
  • duelled,
  • dis lodge,
  • un seating,
  • un-seating,
  • dis lodges,
  • un-seats,
  • dis-lodge,
  • un-seat.
  •combat (verb)
  • didst battle with,
  • crosses swords with,
  • puts up fight,
  • going against,
  • doeth battle with,
  • putting fight,
  • dost battle with,
  • shooting it out,
  • goes up against,
  • puts up a fight,
  • putting up a fight,
  • shoots out,
  • puts fight,
  • shoots it out,
  • shot it out,
  • put fight,
  • doth battle with,
  • crossing swords with,
  • puts a fight,
  • does battle with,
  • putting a fight,
  • did battle with,
  • putting up fight,
  • went up against,
  • doest battle with,
  • went against,
  • put a fight,
  • crossed swords with,
  • going up against,
  • doing battle with,
  • goes against.
  •communication (verb)
  • oppose.
  •compare (verb)
  • holds candle to,
  • sized up,
  • held a candle to,
  • holds a candle to,
  • matching up,
  • weighed against another,
  • placed in juxtaposition,
  • stack against,
  • placing in juxtaposition,
  • places in juxtaposition,
  • matches up,
  • in-spects,
  • stacked up against,
  • placed juxtaposition,
  • sets side by side,
  • stacks against,
  • setting side by side,
  • stacking against,
  • placing juxtaposition,
  • in-spect,
  • in spects,
  • held candle to,
  • stacks up against,
  • holding a candle to,
  • sets against,
  • place juxtaposition,
  • in spect,
  • sizes up,
  • stacking up against,
  • weighs against another,
  • weighing against another,
  • places juxtaposition,
  • holding candle to,
  • hold candle to,
  • stacked against.
  •compare, play off (verb)
  • counterbalance,
  • match,
  • array,
  • pit.
  •compete (verb)
  • being running,
  • am running,
  • goes for broke,
  • wast the running,
  • going for the gold,
  • pitted oneself against,
  • go for gold,
  • were the running,
  • went for the gold,
  • is running,
  • running for,
  • matched wits,
  • jockeying for position,
  • pitted against,
  • goes for the gold,
  • being the running,
  • matching strength,
  • goes for gold,
  • was in the running,
  • ins the hunt,
  • pitting oneself against,
  • wert in the running,
  • being in the running,
  • ins hunt,
  • seeking prize,
  • in hunt,
  • scrambled for,
  • am the running,
  • wert the running,
  • is in running,
  • matches strength,
  • takes part,
  • inned hunt,
  • was the running,
  • seeks prize,
  • jockeyed for position,
  • inning the hunt,
  • inning hunt,
  • participating in,
  • went for broke,
  • art in the running,
  • art in running,
  • pitting against,
  • are in the running,
  • were running,
  • inned the hunt,
  • is in the running,
  • wast in the running,
  • scrambling for,
  • pits against,
  • was in running,
  • is the running,
  • matches wits,
  • art running,
  • are in running,
  • art the running,
  • be the running,
  • were in running,
  • scrambles for,
  • copes with,
  • being in running,
  • runs for,
  • matching wits,
  • were in the running,
  • are the running,
  • participates in,
  • jockeys for position,
  • going for gold,
  • sought prize,
  • are running,
  • went after,
  • wert running,
  • pits oneself against,
  • wert in running,
  • wast in running,
  • wast running,
  • went for gold,
  • ran for,
  • matched strength,
  • be in running.
  •complain (verb)
  • makes fuss,
  • be-wail,
  • be-moan,
  • re pining,
  • sounding off,
  • be wailed,
  • be moan,
  • kicked a fuss,
  • kicked up fuss,
  • be-wailed,
  • be-moaned,
  • kicks up a fuss,
  • looked askance,
  • be moans,
  • be moaning,
  • making a fuss,
  • re pined,
  • re pine,
  • kick up fuss,
  • taking exception to,
  • be-wails,
  • kicking fuss,
  • be wails,
  • kicks a fuss,
  • be-moans,
  • found fault,
  • kicking a fuss,
  • re-pining,
  • kick fuss,
  • kick a fuss,
  • make fuss,
  • making fuss,
  • be wail,
  • kicking up fuss,
  • makes a fuss,
  • kicks up fuss,
  • looking askance,
  • re-pine,
  • took exception to,
  • in dict,
  • made a fuss,
  • re-pines,
  • sounded off,
  • be-moaning,
  • be-wailing,
  • kicked up a fuss,
  • takes exception to,
  • re-pined,
  • finds fault,
  • be moaned,
  • re pines,
  • sounds off,
  • kicked fuss,
  • kicks fuss,
  • kicking up a fuss,
  • in-dict,
  • finding fault,
  • be wailing,
  • looks askance,
  • made fuss.
  •conflict (verb)
  • dis corded,
  • mis matches,
  • mis-match,
  • dis-cording,
  • dis harmonized,
  • dis accords,
  • disharmonizing,
  • dis-harmonized,
  • locks horns with,
  • squared off with,
  • dis harmonize,
  • dis-accords,
  • dis-cord,
  • mis-matching,
  • runs against tide,
  • squaring with,
  • dis cords,
  • mis-matches,
  • bumping heads with,
  • dis-harmonize,
  • dis harmonizes,
  • mis matching,
  • dis-accorded,
  • disharmonizes,
  • running against tide,
  • dis harmonizing,
  • squared with,
  • dis accord,
  • dis accorded,
  • bumps heads with,
  • dis-harmonizes,
  • dis-according,
  • dis cord,
  • locked horns with,
  • dis-harmonizing,
  • bumped heads with,
  • dis-accord,
  • dis cording,
  • mis matched,
  • ran against tide,
  • dis according,
  • squaring off with,
  • squares off with,
  • mis match,
  • locking horns with,
  • squares with,
  • disharmonized,
  • dis-cords,
  • dis-corded.
  •confront (verb)
  • outface.
  •contend (verb)
  • brawl,
  • stand,
  • struggle,
  • antagonize,
  • encounter,
  • bicker,
  • quarrel,
  • dissent,
  • wrestle,
  • wrangle,
  • hassle,
  • clash.
  •contest (verb)
  • jumping on,
  • calling in question,
  • gave it one's all,
  • objected to,
  • standing up for,
  • giving it all,
  • give it all,
  • gave it one all,
  • jumps on,
  • giving it ones all,
  • give it one all,
  • call question,
  • giving it one all,
  • gives it ones all,
  • objecting to,
  • gave it ones all,
  • calls in question,
  • calling question,
  • gives it one all,
  • gave it all,
  • giving it one's all,
  • gives it all,
  • stands up for,
  • calls question,
  • called question,
  • objects to,
  • give it ones all,
  • called in question,
  • gives it one's all.
  •contradict (verb)
  • dis-claimed,
  • flies face of,
  • hath bone to pick,
  • flew the face of,
  • dis-claim,
  • flies in the face of,
  • hadst bone to pick,
  • dis-proves,
  • haddest bone to pick,
  • flies in face of,
  • dis-claiming,
  • dis prove,
  • dis claimed,
  • has bone to pick,
  • refusing to accept,
  • had bone to pick,
  • refused to accept,
  • dis claiming,
  • having bone pick,
  • fly the face of,
  • thumbsed down,
  • dis proves,
  • flying in the face of,
  • fly face of,
  • dis-proved,
  • flying the face of,
  • had bone pick,
  • refused accept,
  • dis-prove,
  • flying in face of,
  • having bone to pick,
  • hadst bone pick,
  • hast bone pick,
  • refuses to accept,
  • have bone pick,
  • flying face of,
  • refuses accept,
  • flew in the face of,
  • dis proving,
  • dis-claims,
  • flew in face of,
  • hast bone to pick,
  • hath bone pick,
  • flies the face of,
  • refusing accept,
  • thumbsing down,
  • thumbses down,
  • refuse accept,
  • flew face of,
  • has bone pick,
  • haddest bone pick,
  • dis claims,
  • dis-proving,
  • dis claim,
  • dis proved.
  •contrast (verb)
  • art a foil to,
  • was a foil to,
  • sets opposition,
  • setting opposition,
  • wert dissimilar,
  • are dissimilar,
  • is unlike,
  • be foil to,
  • wert diverse,
  • being contrary to,
  • de parted,
  • were a foil to,
  • art unlike,
  • wast contrary to,
  • sets off,
  • am variable,
  • being diverse,
  • am unlike,
  • wert variable,
  • is foil to,
  • being foil to,
  • wert foil to,
  • wert a foil to,
  • is a foil to,
  • was contrary to,
  • were dissimilar,
  • was dissimilar,
  • wert contrary to,
  • wast dissimilar,
  • art contrary to,
  • being unlike,
  • is diverse,
  • de-parting,
  • is variable,
  • de-part,
  • was foil to,
  • being a foil to,
  • am a foil to,
  • being dissimilar,
  • wast unlike,
  • wast diverse,
  • set opposition,
  • are variable,
  • is dissimilar,
  • am contrary to,
  • were variable,
  • are foil to,
  • is contrary to,
  • was diverse,
  • de parting,
  • am diverse,
  • am dissimilar,
  • being variable,
  • was unlike,
  • were diverse,
  • de-parts,
  • were unlike,
  • de parts,
  • wast foil to,
  • are a foil to,
  • setting in opposition,
  • sets in opposition,
  • were foil to,
  • are contrary to,
  • was variable,
  • were contrary to,
  • art foil to,
  • wast variable,
  • art variable,
  • de-parted,
  • de part,
  • wert unlike,
  • are diverse,
  • wast a foil to,
  • are unlike.
  •contravene (verb)
  • dis-obey,
  • in fringing,
  • over-stepping,
  • inter-posing,
  • in fringe,
  • inter posing,
  • dis-obeyed,
  • inter pose,
  • in fracted,
  • conflicts with,
  • in-fringed,
  • in-fracted,
  • in fringes,
  • in-fringes,
  • inter-posed,
  • conflicting with,
  • inter posed,
  • dis obeying,
  • in fringed,
  • over-stepped,
  • over-steps,
  • in-fringe,
  • conflicted with,
  • dis-obeying,
  • over stepped,
  • dis-obeys,
  • infracts,
  • dis obey,
  • over stepping,
  • dis obeys,
  • dis obeyed,
  • inter-pose,
  • in-fringing,
  • over steps.
  •counter (verb)
  • counter worked,
  • backtalked,
  • hits back,
  • dis appointed,
  • counter-worked,
  • playing off,
  • counter-works,
  • re turn,
  • dis appoint,
  • dis-appoints,
  • Re-turn,
  • re turns,
  • dis-appointing,
  • re turning,
  • re-turned,
  • dis-appoint,
  • counterworked,
  • backtalking,
  • dis-appointed,
  • counter working,
  • hitting back,
  • counter work,
  • plays off,
  • re-turns,
  • counter works,
  • re-turning,
  • dis appoints,
  • Counter-work,
  • dis appointing,
  • counter-working,
  • counterworks.
  •counteract (verb)
  • tamper,
  • offset.
  •cross (verb)
  • knocking props out,
  • took wind out sails,
  • stab back,
  • bollixes,
  • taking wind out of sails,
  • knocks props out,
  • snafuing,
  • takes wind out of sails,
  • takes wind out sails,
  • stab the back,
  • take wind out sails,
  • took wind out of sails,
  • taking wind out sails,
  • knocked props out.
  •dare (verb)
  • dis-regards,
  • outdared,
  • knocks chip shoulder,
  • knock chip shoulder,
  • dis-regarded,
  • taking one on,
  • mustering courage,
  • out dares,
  • out-daring,
  • dis regarding,
  • faced off,
  • musters courage,
  • stepped over the line,
  • knocked chip off shoulder,
  • step over line,
  • dis regards,
  • steps over line,
  • steps over the line,
  • run gauntlet,
  • took one on,
  • dis regarded,
  • takes one on,
  • outdaring,
  • stepped over line,
  • dis-regard,
  • out-dares,
  • knocking chip shoulder,
  • faces off,
  • knocking chip off shoulder,
  • out dared,
  • squares off,
  • dis-regarding,
  • out-dared,
  • out daring,
  • knocked chip shoulder,
  • stepping over line,
  • knocks chip off shoulder,
  • stepping over the line,
  • mustered courage,
  • dis regard,
  • out dare,
  • out-dare,
  • facing off,
  • outdares.
  •debate (verb)
  • discepting,
  • de-liberate,
  • de-bating,
  • picks bone,
  • putting up argument,
  • re butted,
  • chewing fat,
  • chews fat,
  • has it,
  • de liberate,
  • talks back,
  • thrashing out,
  • picking a bone,
  • hashes over,
  • hammers away at,
  • had at it,
  • sets to,
  • picked bone,
  • hath it,
  • haddest it,
  • hath at it,
  • hadst it,
  • de-liberating,
  • dis-cept,
  • having at it,
  • re-hash,
  • having it,
  • de liberating,
  • de bate,
  • tost around,
  • kicks around,
  • setting to,
  • re-butting,
  • bumps heads,
  • de-liberated,
  • discepts,
  • de liberates,
  • chew fat,
  • de-bated,
  • re-hashes,
  • hast it,
  • discepted,
  • de-liberates,
  • talking game,
  • talks game,
  • bumping heads,
  • putting argument,
  • thrashes out,
  • hashed over,
  • pick bone,
  • tosses around,
  • tossing around,
  • puts argument,
  • de-bates,
  • re-hashing,
  • haddest at it,
  • chewed fat,
  • hammered away at,
  • de bated,
  • re-butted,
  • hast at it,
  • re hashing,
  • picking bone,
  • chewed the fat,
  • re hashed,
  • de liberated,
  • re butting,
  • chewing the fat,
  • re hashes,
  • re-hashed,
  • puts up argument,
  • thrashed out,
  • talked back,
  • hashing over,
  • bumped heads,
  • hammering away at,
  • dis cept,
  • picks a bone,
  • put argument,
  • de bating,
  • hadst at it,
  • picked a bone,
  • de bates,
  • re hash,
  • has at it,
  • de-bate,
  • talked game.
  •defy (verb)
  • disobey.
  •demur (verb)
  • re-fuse,
  • wait see,
  • re-fused,
  • re fuse,
  • took exception,
  • re fuses,
  • re fused,
  • takes exception,
  • hem haw,
  • re fusing,
  • re-fuses.
  •deny (verb)
  • dis allows,
  • dis-carding,
  • dis-crediting,
  • be grudges,
  • dis-avowed,
  • be-grudge,
  • enjoins from,
  • dis-card,
  • dis acknowledge,
  • dis-believe,
  • not buying,
  • re-strains,
  • dis-avowing,
  • dis cards,
  • be grudging,
  • dis believed,
  • dis-acknowledged,
  • dis-believes,
  • dis carded,
  • turning thumbs down,
  • be grudged,
  • dis-acknowledge,
  • dis-believed,
  • enjoining from,
  • dis-allows,
  • with-holds,
  • dis-owned,
  • re strained,
  • dis-acknowledging,
  • be-grudges,
  • dis acknowledged,
  • dis believing,
  • not buys,
  • turns thumbs down,
  • dis-allow,
  • with held,
  • dis-avows,
  • dis allow,
  • dis credits,
  • dis-allowing,
  • dis believe,
  • dis believes,
  • re strain,
  • re strains,
  • dis-credits,
  • said no to,
  • dis-cards,
  • dis owning,
  • dis-owning,
  • dis carding,
  • dis avow,
  • with hold,
  • dis-allowed,
  • with holding,
  • dis-carded,
  • dis card,
  • saying no to,
  • with-held,
  • re-canted,
  • dis crediting,
  • with holds,
  • re-straining,
  • with-hold,
  • dis acknowledges,
  • dis allowing,
  • not bought,
  • dis-believing,
  • enjoined from,
  • dis-credit,
  • dis credited,
  • turned thumbs down,
  • calls on,
  • dis credit,
  • re straining,
  • re canting,
  • says no to,
  • dis-avow,
  • dis acknowledging,
  • dis avowing,
  • be-grudging,
  • dis-credited,
  • re-canting,
  • re-strain,
  • dis owned,
  • re-strained,
  • be grudge,
  • be-grudged,
  • dis-acknowledges,
  • dis avows,
  • dis allowed,
  • dis avowed,
  • re canted.
  •differ (verb)
  • going after each other,
  • took issue,
  • going at it,
  • went at it,
  • goes after each other,
  • go it,
  • hits sour note,
  • hits a clinker,
  • takes issue,
  • went after each other,
  • went it,
  • hit sour note,
  • hitting sour note,
  • taking issue,
  • hitting clinker,
  • protesting against,
  • protested against,
  • hits a sour note,
  • hit clinker,
  • goes at it,
  • goes it,
  • hits clinker,
  • hitting a sour note,
  • going it,
  • hitting a clinker,
  • protests against.
  •disagree (verb)
  • collide,
  • demur,
  • challenge,
  • reject.
  •disapprove (verb)
  • discountenance.
  •disprove (verb)
  • subvert,
  • overturn,
  • parry,
  • belie,
  • disprove,
  • confute.
  •dissent (verb)
  • dis sent,
  • says no way,
  • dis sents,
  • says not chance,
  • de clines,
  • de cline,
  • putting up an argument,
  • puts an argument,
  • saying not chance,
  • says not a chance,
  • says nothing doing,
  • put an argument,
  • said nothing doing,
  • saying nothing doing,
  • said not chance,
  • saying no way,
  • say not chance,
  • puts up an argument,
  • dis-sents,
  • de-cline,
  • de-clines,
  • putting an argument,
  • said not a chance,
  • dis-sent,
  • said no way,
  • saying not a chance.
  •diverge (verb)
  • turns aside.
  •expostulate (verb)
  • ex postulated,
  • ex-postulates,
  • ex postulating,
  • ex-postulated,
  • ex-postulating,
  • ex-postulate,
  • ex postulates,
  • ex postulate.
  •face (verb)
  • bits bullet,
  • making stand,
  • makes stand,
  • are confronted by,
  • bits the bullet,
  • takes bull by the horns,
  • all owed,
  • were confronted by,
  • took the bull by the horns,
  • bitting the bullet,
  • bitted the bullet,
  • makes a stand,
  • taking bull by horns,
  • ran in to,
  • took the bull by horns,
  • bitting bullet,
  • all owing,
  • wert confronted by,
  • took bull by horns,
  • made a stand,
  • taking bull by the horns,
  • is confronted by,
  • bitted bullet,
  • take bull by horns,
  • runs in to,
  • taking the bull by horns,
  • was confronted by,
  • am confronted by,
  • art confronted by,
  • takes the bull by the horns,
  • being confronted by,
  • taking the bull by the horns,
  • grappled with,
  • making a stand,
  • run in to,
  • all-owed,
  • wast confronted by,
  • grapples with,
  • took bull by the horns,
  • takes the bull by horns,
  • made stand,
  • take the bull by horns,
  • all-owing,
  • make stand,
  • running in to,
  • grappling with,
  • takes bull by horns.
  •fight (verb)
  • light in to,
  • make stand against,
  • lit in to,
  • lights into,
  • lighting into,
  • lighting in to,
  • hammering away,
  • makes stand against,
  • lighted into,
  • sparing no effort,
  • engages in,
  • toiling on,
  • exerting oneself,
  • makes a stand against,
  • spared no effort,
  • making a stand against,
  • taking pains,
  • made a stand against,
  • spares no effort,
  • takes pains,
  • making stand against,
  • exerts oneself,
  • lit into,
  • toils on,
  • lighted in to,
  • made stand against,
  • took pains,
  • lights in to,
  • exerted oneself,
  • toiled on,
  • engaging in,
  • pushing forward.
  •fight, obstruct (verb)
  • take a stand,
  • counterattack,
  • not countenance,
  • taunt,
  • run counter to,
  • frown at,
  • argue,
  • search out,
  • expose,
  • prevent,
  • resist,
  • bar,
  • turn the tables,
  • check,
  • speak against,
  • reverse.
  •fight back/fight off (verb)
  • re pressing,
  • keeps at bay,
  • re-plying,
  • re press,
  • re-presses,
  • re-plied,
  • keep bay,
  • re presses,
  • keeps bay,
  • kept bay,
  • re plied,
  • keeping at bay,
  • re pressed,
  • keeping bay,
  • re-pressing,
  • re plying.
  •forbid (verb)
  • de-barred,
  • fore-stalling,
  • forfended,
  • re strict,
  • fore stalls,
  • declared illegal,
  • pro scribes,
  • de bars,
  • pro-scribed,
  • declares illegal,
  • puts chill on,
  • pro-scribe,
  • fore-stalls,
  • inter-dict,
  • puts the chill on,
  • de barring,
  • fore stalled,
  • forfends,
  • pro scribed,
  • putting the chill on,
  • declaring illegal,
  • de-bars,
  • pro scribe,
  • de bar,
  • fore-stall,
  • de-barring,
  • de-bar,
  • putting chill on,
  • saying no,
  • fore stalling,
  • forfending,
  • said no,
  • de barred,
  • re-strict,
  • pro scribing,
  • fore-stalled,
  • fore stall,
  • inter dict.
  •hinder (verb)
  • choke,
  • hamstring,
  • dam,
  • constipate,
  • burden,
  • stop,
  • detain,
  • entangle,
  • hamper,
  • bottleneck,
  • clog,
  • deter,
  • plug,
  • constrain,
  • mire,
  • brake,
  • snag,
  • snarl,
  • interrupt,
  • tangle,
  • block,
  • stay,
  • impair,
  • paralyze,
  • bung,
  • frustrate,
  • cripple,
  • complicate,
  • crimp,
  • encumber,
  • jam,
  • catch,
  • foul,
  • entrap,
  • cramp,
  • restrain,
  • curb,
  • restrict,
  • delay,
  • baffle,
  • drag,
  • fetter,
  • congest,
  • handicap.
  •impede (verb)
  • cramped one style,
  • dis-concerts,
  • blew whistle on,
  • dis comfit,
  • hanging up,
  • slows down,
  • dis concerting,
  • blowing whistle on,
  • cramping one style,
  • dis-concerted,
  • flagged one,
  • dis concert,
  • flags one,
  • cramping ones style,
  • flagging one,
  • dis-comfit,
  • cramping one's style,
  • cramped ones style,
  • saddles with,
  • blows whistle on,
  • cramped one's style,
  • slowing down,
  • dis-comfits,
  • dis comfits,
  • cramping style,
  • saddling with,
  • dis concerted,
  • dis-concerting,
  • dis concerts,
  • hanged up,
  • cramps style,
  • cramps one style,
  • cramp one style,
  • cramps one's style,
  • dis-concert,
  • cramped style,
  • cramps ones style,
  • closes off,
  • cramp ones style.
  •impugn (verb)
  • casts aspersions up on,
  • threw book at,
  • throws book at,
  • thumbed nose at,
  • cutting to shreds,
  • sticking to,
  • stuck it to,
  • swiping at,
  • cuts shreds,
  • cast aspersions up on,
  • casting doubt upon,
  • swipes at,
  • sticked it to,
  • casting doubt up on,
  • swiped at,
  • casts doubt upon,
  • casting aspersions upon,
  • threw the book at,
  • thumbing nose at,
  • thumbs nose at,
  • throwing the book at,
  • casting aspersions up on,
  • sticked to,
  • pinning something on,
  • cut shreds,
  • cuts to shreds,
  • sticking it to,
  • threw doubt on,
  • throws doubt on,
  • skins alive,
  • sticks it to,
  • call in to question,
  • casts aspersions upon,
  • throwing book at,
  • cutting shreds,
  • pins something on,
  • casts doubt up on,
  • cast doubt up on,
  • pinned something on,
  • throwing doubt on,
  • throws the book at.
  •interfere (verb)
  • gets involved,
  • getting involved,
  • inter feres,
  • inter lope,
  • in commode,
  • gotten involved,
  • inter ceded,
  • mixes in,
  • intermits,
  • fools with,
  • inter mediates,
  • inter-meddled,
  • inter-mediating,
  • mixt in,
  • inter-meddling,
  • in conveniences,
  • inter fere,
  • in-commode,
  • inter cede,
  • inter-ceded,
  • inter-lopes,
  • inter-cede,
  • poking nose in,
  • dis commode,
  • inter loped,
  • in-conveniences,
  • inter meddling,
  • inter mediate,
  • inter-lope,
  • dis commodes,
  • inter meddle,
  • inter cedes,
  • inter mediating,
  • in-commodes,
  • inter-loping,
  • inter-cedes,
  • inter-fere,
  • inter-meddle,
  • fooled with,
  • busybodying,
  • mixing in,
  • inter-loped,
  • dis-commode,
  • inter-mediates,
  • poked nose in,
  • pokes nose in,
  • in commodes,
  • inter loping,
  • fooling with,
  • in-convenience,
  • inter-ceding,
  • inter mediated,
  • inter lopes,
  • inter-feres,
  • inter meddled,
  • inter-mediated,
  • inter meddles,
  • inter ceding,
  • dis-commodes,
  • inter-meddles,
  • gat involved.
  •jar (verb)
  • dis composes,
  • out-raging,
  • dis-composed,
  • dis compose,
  • out-rage,
  • dis composing,
  • dis-compose,
  • out raged,
  • out rages,
  • dis-composes,
  • dis-composing,
  • out-rages,
  • out-raged,
  • dis composed.
  •kick (verb)
  • ex-cept,
  • ex cept.
  •negate (verb)
  • re tract,
  • un did,
  • re-peals,
  • re-versed,
  • re-verse,
  • re-tract,
  • re-pealing,
  • re peal,
  • un-does,
  • un doing,
  • re verse,
  • re-pealed,
  • re peals,
  • un-did,
  • re versing,
  • un done,
  • un-doing,
  • re pealed,
  • re pealing,
  • re tracts,
  • re-tracts,
  • un does.
  •object (verb)
  • go one on ones,
  • go one on oning,
  • go-one-on-ones,
  • makes stink,
  • made stink,
  • am displeased,
  • were displeased,
  • was displeased,
  • made a stink,
  • make stink,
  • making stink,
  • wast displeased,
  • go one on oned,
  • makes a stink,
  • are displeased,
  • raises objection,
  • making a stink,
  • is displeased,
  • being displeased,
  • go-one-on-oning,
  • wert displeased,
  • raised objection,
  • raising objection,
  • go-one-on-oned.
  •oppose (verb)
  • intercept,
  • repulse,
  • obstruct,
  • repress,
  • suppress,
  • oppress,
  • meddle,
  • inhibit.
  •protest (verb)
  • remonstrate.
  •question (verb)
  • dis trusts,
  • dis-trusts,
  • puzzling over,
  • mis trusted,
  • wonders about,
  • wondered about,
  • mis trust,
  • dis trusted,
  • dis-trust,
  • dis trust,
  • puzzles over,
  • mis-trusting,
  • mis-trusted,
  • puzzled over,
  • mis trusting,
  • dis-trusted,
  • mis trusts,
  • dis trusting,
  • dis-trusting,
  • wondering about,
  • mis-trust.
  •rebel (verb)
  • over-throw,
  • taking arms,
  • are insubordinate,
  • wast insubordinate,
  • insurrected,
  • gotten out line,
  • takes arms,
  • is insubordinate,
  • up-setting,
  • over turning,
  • was insubordinate,
  • takes up arms,
  • art insubordinate,
  • gat out of line,
  • insurrecting,
  • over-throwing,
  • over-throws,
  • over throws,
  • comes out against,
  • over-turn,
  • up-set,
  • gets out line,
  • up sets,
  • over throw,
  • got out of line,
  • over turns,
  • rose up,
  • being insubordinate,
  • gets out of line,
  • took arms,
  • turning against,
  • turned against,
  • runs amok,
  • insurrects,
  • up setting,
  • rock boat,
  • got out line,
  • gat out line,
  • get out line,
  • wert insubordinate,
  • taking up arms,
  • getting out of line,
  • up-sets,
  • were insubordinate,
  • over thrown,
  • over throwing,
  • making waves,
  • coming out against,
  • came out against,
  • over-thrown,
  • turns against,
  • ran amok,
  • over-turning,
  • getting out line,
  • took up arms,
  • gotten out of line.
  •rebuff (verb)
  • keeping arms length,
  • kept arm's length,
  • keep at distance,
  • puts in ones place,
  • kept a distance,
  • kept at arms length,
  • puts ones place,
  • re-buffing,
  • keeps at a distance,
  • put one place,
  • dis courage,
  • putting ones place,
  • re buffs,
  • puts place,
  • lashing out at,
  • puts in one place,
  • keep arms length,
  • keeps at arm's length,
  • kept arm length,
  • keeps arm's length,
  • keeping at a distance,
  • keep arm length,
  • putting one place,
  • kept distance,
  • putting one's place,
  • keeps distance,
  • keeping at distance,
  • puts one place,
  • put in one place,
  • re buff,
  • puts in one's place,
  • keeping at arms length,
  • put place,
  • kept at distance,
  • kept at a distance,
  • keeping at arm's length,
  • keep a distance,
  • lashes out at,
  • keeps arms length,
  • putting in place,
  • keeping distance,
  • keeps a distance,
  • put one's place,
  • keep at arms length,
  • putting in ones place,
  • passes up,
  • keeping arm length,
  • dis-courage,
  • put in ones place,
  • pushing back,
  • putting in one place,
  • kept at arm length,
  • keep at arm length,
  • dis-courages,
  • keeps arm length,
  • keeps at arms length,
  • kept at arm's length,
  • re-buffs,
  • put ones place,
  • re-buffed,
  • kept arms length,
  • dis courages,
  • re-buff,
  • lashed out at,
  • pushes back,
  • passing up,
  • keeping arm's length,
  • keeping a distance,
  • puts one's place,
  • keeps at arm length,
  • putting place,
  • keeps at distance,
  • puts in place,
  • keeping at arm length,
  • re buffing,
  • pushed back,
  • re buffed,
  • putting in one's place.
  •rebuke (verb)
  • called carpet,
  • calling carpet,
  • be-rate,
  • jumped down throat,
  • climbs all over,
  • up braided,
  • up-braided,
  • jumping down one throat,
  • jumped down one throat,
  • calling the carpet,
  • leaned on,
  • climbed all over,
  • jumps down one's throat,
  • called on carpet,
  • jumped down one's throat,
  • carping on,
  • called the carpet,
  • calls carpet,
  • be-rates,
  • tears apart,
  • takes to task,
  • climbed over,
  • be rates,
  • calls on carpet,
  • climbs over,
  • be rating,
  • up-braids,
  • climbing all over,
  • jumps down throat,
  • leans on,
  • climbing over,
  • leant on,
  • calling on the carpet,
  • jumps down ones throat,
  • call the carpet,
  • carped on,
  • sate on,
  • monished,
  • be-rating,
  • took to task,
  • jumping down one's throat,
  • monishing,
  • jump down ones throat,
  • jump down one throat,
  • be-rated,
  • be rate,
  • jumps down one throat,
  • tare apart,
  • calls the carpet,
  • jumped down ones throat,
  • up-braid,
  • up braid,
  • carps on,
  • call on carpet,
  • up-braiding,
  • took task,
  • calling on carpet,
  • be rated,
  • called on the carpet,
  • jumping down throat,
  • ticks off,
  • ticking off,
  • up braids,
  • monishes,
  • taking to task,
  • jumping down ones throat,
  • take task,
  • calls on the carpet,
  • takes task,
  • call carpet,
  • sits on,
  • taking task.
  •refute (verb)
  • dis confirm,
  • shooting full holes,
  • shoots down,
  • ex-posing,
  • dis-confirm,
  • burning down,
  • giving the lie to,
  • gave thumbs down to,
  • replying to,
  • takes a stand against,
  • dis confirms,
  • ex posed,
  • ex-pose,
  • shoots full of holes,
  • take stand against,
  • took stand against,
  • dis confirming,
  • shoots full holes,
  • argued against,
  • gave the lie to,
  • dis-confirmed,
  • shooting full of holes,
  • disconfirms,
  • giving lie to,
  • shot full of holes,
  • dis-confirming,
  • takes stand against,
  • blew sky high,
  • blowing sky high,
  • argues against,
  • gives lie to,
  • ex pose,
  • burnt down,
  • giving thumbs down to,
  • gives the lie to,
  • burned down,
  • dis-confirms,
  • dis confirmed,
  • shooting down,
  • shot full holes,
  • blows sky high,
  • took a stand against,
  • taking a stand against,
  • shoot full holes,
  • replies to,
  • taking stand against,
  • gives thumbs down to,
  • gave lie to,
  • ex-posed.
  •remonstrate (verb)
  • frowned up on,
  • re criminate,
  • frowns up on,
  • re criminated,
  • frowning upon,
  • re-criminate,
  • recriminated,
  • frowning up on,
  • re-criminates,
  • frowns upon,
  • recriminates,
  • re criminates,
  • re-criminated,
  • frown up on,
  • re-criminating,
  • frowned upon,
  • re criminating.
  •repel (verb)
  • drave away,
  • puts flight,
  • casting aside,
  • forced off,
  • stands against,
  • stood up against,
  • forcing off,
  • beating back,
  • drives back,
  • kept off,
  • puts to flight,
  • forces off,
  • putting to flight,
  • driving away,
  • putting flight,
  • gives cold shoulder to,
  • drives off,
  • drave off,
  • stands up against,
  • beats back,
  • drave back,
  • keeping off,
  • giving cold shoulder to,
  • forces back,
  • driving off,
  • stood against,
  • forcing back,
  • put flight,
  • gave cold shoulder to,
  • standing up against,
  • forced back,
  • drove away,
  • chases away,
  • drove back,
  • keeps off,
  • drives away,
  • drove off,
  • casts aside,
  • chasing away.
  •resist (verb)
  • snub.
  •run (verb)
  • art candidate,
  • is a candidate,
  • being candidate,
  • hits the campaign trail,
  • wert a candidate,
  • were candidate,
  • is candidate,
  • ringing doorbells,
  • are a candidate,
  • am a candidate,
  • whistlestopped,
  • art a candidate,
  • am candidate,
  • ringed doorbells,
  • kissing babies,
  • wert candidate,
  • kisses babies,
  • shook hands,
  • was candidate,
  • hit campaign trail,
  • politicked,
  • shakes hands,
  • rang doorbells,
  • whistlestopping,
  • wast candidate,
  • whistlestops,
  • being a candidate,
  • rings doorbells,
  • hitting the campaign trail,
  • wast a candidate,
  • be candidate,
  • hits campaign trail,
  • were a candidate,
  • are candidate,
  • was a candidate,
  • hitting campaign trail,
  • kissed babies.
  •stem (verb)
  • bringing a standstill,
  • brought to standstill,
  • bringing to standstill,
  • bring a standstill,
  • brought a standstill,
  • bringing standstill,
  • bringing to a standstill,
  • brings to a standstill,
  • brings to standstill,
  • brings a standstill,
  • brings standstill,
  • brought to a standstill,
  • brought standstill,
  • bring standstill.
  •thwart (verb)
  • gives the slip,
  • upsetting apple cart,
  • giving slip,
  • upsetting one's apple cart,
  • gave the slip,
  • gave slip,
  • out-witting,
  • out witting,
  • upsets one's apple cart,
  • upsetting one apple cart,
  • upsetting ones apple cart,
  • out witted,
  • upset one apple cart,
  • upsets ones apple cart,
  • took wind out of,
  • upsets apple cart,
  • upset ones apple cart,
  • out-wit,
  • out wits,
  • give slip,
  • gives slip,
  • out-wits,
  • taking wind out of,
  • giving the slip,
  • takes wind out of,
  • upsets one apple cart.
  •vie (verb)
  • is rivals,
  • was rivals,
  • am rivals,
  • art rivals,
  • are rivals,
  • wast rivals,
  • were rivals,
  • wert rivals,
  • being rivals.
  •violate (verb)
  • sacrileged,
  • sacrileging,
  • pro fane,
  • pro-fane,
  • pro fanes,
  • trampled on,
  • tramples on,
  • trampling on,
  • pro-fanes.
  •withstand (verb)
  • putting with,
  • with standing,
  • riding out,
  • sits and take it,
  • standing ground,
  • stands one ground,
  • putting struggle,
  • stands ones ground,
  • sate and take it,
  • puts up struggle,
  • won out,
  • stand ones ground,
  • hold one ground,
  • sitting take it,
  • with-standing,
  • wins out,
  • putting up struggle,
  • with-stands,
  • prevailing against,
  • standing ones ground,
  • remained firm,
  • prevails against,
  • sits take it,
  • stood one's ground,
  • with stands,
  • with stand,
  • puts struggle,
  • prevailed against,
  • stand one ground,
  • sat and take it,
  • put struggle,
  • rode out,
  • sate take it,
  • stand ground,
  • rides out,
  • with-stand,
  • winned out,
  • standing one ground,
  • remaining firm,
  • rid out,
  • stood ground,
  • with-stood,
  • with stood,
  • stood one ground,
  • sat take it,
  • remains firm,
  • sitting and take it,
  • hold ones ground,
  • stands one's ground,
  • winning out,
  • stands ground,
  • sit take it,
  • stood ones ground.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • hold with,
  • stand out against,
  • nerve oneself,
  • frown on,
  • react against,
  • juxtapose,
  • go against,
  • quarrel with,
  • disapprove,
  • propose,
  • declare against.
  •
  • look on,
  • obey,
  • disagree with.
  •
  • distance.
  •
  • make of.
  •
  • tackle.
  •
  • divide.
  •beard
  • stand to,
  • standing to,
  • stand up to,
  • stood up to.
  •compare
  • matched up,
  • Bracketed,
  • setting against,
  • stack up against,
  • weigh against another,
  • place in juxtaposition,
  • juxtaposed,
  • match up,
  • Bracketing,
  • Scanned,
  • set against,
  • scanning,
  • hold a candle to,
  • size up,
  • sizing up,
  • set side by side.
  •conflict
  • Romped,
  • bump heads with,
  • discorded,
  • mismatched,
  • square with,
  • romp,
  • lock horns with,
  • mismatching,
  • square off with,
  • run against tide,
  • disharmonize,
  • discording.
  •confront
  • Fronting,
  • face with,
  • come up against,
  • meet eyeball-to-eyeball,
  • beard,
  • tell off,
  • face down,
  • come against,
  • go one on one,
  • make my day,
  • go one-on-one,
  • faced up to,
  • face up to.
  •contend
  • Jostled,
  • mixed up with,
  • have at,
  • mix with,
  • shoot at,
  • shot at,
  • give all one's got,
  • litigate,
  • go for jugular,
  • give one's all,
  • shoot for,
  • had at,
  • push for,
  • mixed with,
  • make play for,
  • knock oneself out,
  • go for it,
  • mix up with,
  • mix it up with,
  • tangle with.
  •contrast
  • be diverse,
  • be unlike,
  • set off,
  • be contrary to,
  • be a foil to,
  • be variable,
  • set in opposition,
  • setting off,
  • be dissimilar.
  •counteract
  • countercheck,
  • counterchecks,
  • Counterchecking,
  • cancelled out,
  • canceled out,
  • cancelling out,
  • cancel out.
  •defend
  • panoplied,
  • retain,
  • Bulwarked,
  • beat off,
  • Garrisoning,
  • Housed,
  • Bulwarking,
  • Garrisoned,
  • repel danger,
  • watch over,
  • looking after,
  • guard against,
  • looks after,
  • provide sanctuary,
  • looked after,
  • care for,
  • watched over,
  • fortify,
  • fight back,
  • hold at bay,
  • cares for,
  • watching over,
  • fending off,
  • fight for,
  • cared for,
  • keep safe,
  • look after.
  •defy
  • Ridiculed,
  • sticking fast,
  • hurl defiance at,
  • fly in face of,
  • stuck fast,
  • stick fast,
  • Repulsing.
  •deny
  • keep back,
  • veto,
  • calling on,
  • Forgone,
  • say no to,
  • enjoin from,
  • withhold,
  • forgoing,
  • taboo,
  • call on,
  • called on,
  • kept back,
  • not buy,
  • keeping back,
  • Tabooed,
  • turn down,
  • Tabooing,
  • forsake,
  • turn thumbs down,
  • keeps back,
  • withholds.
  •deplore
  • deprecate.
  •disagree
  • Spatting,
  • logomachize,
  • bring action,
  • haggle,
  • let have it,
  • quibble,
  • have words,
  • go for the jugular,
  • feud,
  • Spatted,
  • controversialize.
  •disapprove
  • Discommend,
  • Dispraising,
  • Disfavoring,
  • Dispraised,
  • set aside,
  • passed on,
  • take dim view of,
  • Disfavored,
  • frowned on,
  • find unacceptable,
  • reprobates,
  • passes on,
  • nixing,
  • find fault with,
  • Reprobated,
  • setting aside,
  • zinging,
  • look askance at,
  • pass on,
  • Reprobating,
  • dispraise,
  • passing on,
  • dispraises.
  •diverge
  • turned aside,
  • turning aside,
  • turn aside.
  •doubt
  • question.
  •hinder
  • hinders,
  • bottlenecking,
  • bottlenecked,
  • boxes in,
  • hogtie,
  • get in the way,
  • box in.
  •impede
  • trammel.
  •protest
  • cried out,
  • back-talk,
  • cries out,
  • inveigh against,
  • be displeased by,
  • be against,
  • crying out,
  • is against,
  • cry out,
  • Constate.
  •question
  • wonder about,
  • suspicioned,
  • suspicioning,
  • puzzle over,
  • questions,
  • questioning.
  •remonstrate
  • frown upon,
  • Animadverted,
  • recriminate,
  • recriminating,
  • Animadverting,
  • animadverts,
  • animadvert.
  •run
  • politicks,
  • shaking hands,
  • be a candidate,
  • running,
  • ring doorbells,
  • whistlestop,
  • shake hands,
  • kiss babies,
  • politick,
  • politicking,
  • hit the campaign trail.

Paraphrases for Oppose:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    opposes, opposing, opposed.
  • Noun, plural
    opposes, opposed.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    rejects, bucks.
  • Noun, plural
    protests, opponents, objects, attempts, critics, Noes, cons, rejects.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    AM, reject, resist, refuse, disagree, contradict, disapprove, contravene, repudiate.
  • Verb, base form
    lay, reject, resist, refuse, disagree, contradict, obstruct, preclude, disapprove, stop, thwart, condemn, dismiss, withstand, contravene, repel, criticise, frustrate, repudiate, contest, antagonise, disallow, hinder, block, deter.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    opposition.
  • Noun, plural
    oppositions.
  • Verb, base form
    counteract, opposition.

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:
    champion, uphold, further, advocate, suffer, bear, back, stoop, advance, bow, knuckle under.

Hypernym for Oppose:

• v.

  • communication
    contest, repugn, contend.

Hyponym for Oppose:

• v.

  • communication
    contend, debate, argue, fence.