What is another word for opposing?
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What are the opposing opinions of the topic?
Who has the opposing opinion?
Which point of view is the opposing point of view to this essay?
Pronunciation:
[ əpˈə͡ʊzɪŋ], [ əpˈəʊzɪŋ], [ ə_p_ˈəʊ_z_ɪ_ŋ]
Related words: opposing points of view, differing opinions, different perspectives, different outlooks, contrasting opinions, views on the same thing
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Similar words for opposing:
- adverse (adjective)
- antipodean (adjective)
- antonymic (adjective)
- at variance (adjective)
- competitive (adjective)
- conflicting (adjective)
- confronting (adjective)
- contradictory (adjective)
- counteractive (adjective)
- defensive (adjective)
- negative (adjective)
- opposed (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- recalcitrant (adjective)
- resistant (adjective)
- hostile (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- other relevant words (preposition)
- contending (verb)
- counteracting (verb)
- defending (verb)
- disagreeing (verb)
- disproving (verb)
- hindering (verb)
- opposing (verb)
- other relevant words (verb)
- resisting (verb)
- other synonyms
- dissident
- other relevant words
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Opposing:
adj.
• adverse (adjective)- catastrophic,
- inauspicious,
- calamitous,
- unfavorable,
- grievous,
- down on,
- unfortunate,
- untoward,
- tragic,
- unpropitious,
- difficult,
- hard,
- troublesome,
- have no use for,
- unlucky,
- woeful,
- burdensome,
- unfriendly,
- detrimental,
- down side,
- distressful,
- allergic to,
- antipathetic,
- perilous,
- disastrous,
- miserable,
- most opposite.
- killer,
- more streetwise,
- dog eat dog,
- most streetwise,
- more competing,
- most killer,
- more killer,
- most vying,
- most competing,
- more vying,
- killer instinct.
- conest,
- most against,
- anti-thetical,
- more reverse,
- more against,
- most anti,
- most reverse,
- anti thetical,
- more anti,
- most nullifying,
- re-verse,
- counter-active,
- more negating,
- coner,
- re verse,
- co-nest,
- more antithetic,
- co nest,
- more nullifying,
- counter active,
- most antithetic,
- anti-thetic,
- most agin,
- anti thetic,
- most negating,
- more agin.
- opposed,
- confronting,
- undisciplinable,
- defensive,
- recalcitrant,
- no go,
- competitive,
- adverse,
- streetwise,
- AGIN,
- anti,
- at odds,
- antithetic,
- insubmissive,
- conflicting,
- unsupportive,
- resistant,
- negative,
- contradictory.
n.
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- conversely,
- inimical,
- vice versa,
- sinister,
- favorable,
- resistive,
- friendly,
- to the contrary,
- paradoxical,
- otherwise,
- aspiring.
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- support.
prep.
• Other relevant words: (preposition)v.
• contending (verb)- bickering,
- protesting,
- Vying,
- antagonizing,
- hassling,
- Encountering,
- brawling,
- contrasting,
- wrangling,
- Quarreling,
- wrestling,
- dissenting,
- struggling,
- standing,
- Disputing,
- clashing,
- Withstanding.
- shielding,
- screening,
- defending,
- Policing,
- upholding,
- Sheltering,
- answering,
- Sustaining,
- buffering,
- counterattacking,
- Rebutting,
- Replying,
- protecting,
- supporting,
- barring,
- backfiring,
- saving,
- safeguarding,
- Resisting,
- Securing,
- arguing,
- returning,
- Fending,
- Barricading,
- Retorting,
- averting,
- Responding,
- countering,
- covering,
- guarding,
- Warding.
- Defying,
- Objecting,
- Repudiating,
- Rejecting,
- complaining,
- disagreeing,
- Demurring,
- differing,
- colliding.
- Belying,
- Refuting,
- Parrying,
- Subverting,
- Denying,
- Overturning,
- Contravening,
- Disproving,
- negating,
- Confuting.
- thwarting,
- restricting,
- Delaying,
- Handicapping,
- Impairing,
- catching,
- Entrapping,
- bottlenecking,
- Damming,
- fettering,
- choking,
- constraining,
- blocking,
- Snarling,
- Miring,
- Clogging,
- Paralyzing,
- Plugging,
- jamming,
- constipating,
- Restraining,
- baffling,
- Fouling,
- curbing,
- Snagging,
- Detaining,
- Hamstringing,
- dragging,
- Complicating,
- Staying,
- Bunging,
- congesting,
- Crimping,
- Burdening,
- Entangling,
- Hampering,
- braking,
- Encumbering,
- stopping,
- Cramping,
- Deterring,
- frustrating,
- Tangling,
- crippling.
Other synonyms:
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- antipodean,
- diametric,
- antonymic,
- adversarial,
- antonymous,
- unsympathetic,
- bipolar,
- oppositional,
- repugnant,
- rebellious,
- antipodal.
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- polar.
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- counter.
- displeased,
- oppositive,
- counter-culture,
- Confrontment,
- ironically,
- standing against,
- Abnegative,
- at variance with,
- Negatory,
- twinning,
- harsh,
- counteraction,
- contradict,
- adversative,
- comparative linguistics,
- campaigning,
- comparison,
- varied,
- disparaging,
- Traversing,
- cranky,
- refutation,
- confront,
- discordant,
- polarization,
- distinction,
- Remonstrating,
- discrepant,
- contrariety,
- comparing,
- schismatical,
- equating,
- in conflict,
- inconsistent,
- comparative degree,
- friction,
- confrontation,
- negate,
- emotionlessly,
- rebut,
- pitting,
- revolutionary,
- opposure,
- mixed,
- Crusading,
- turned-off,
- argue,
- contrast,
- animosity,
- counterpoised,
- antithesis,
- rejection,
- matching,
- refractory,
- foe,
- Disallowing,
- low,
- refusal,
- reactionary,
- oppose,
- Anteposition,
- parallelism,
- take exception,
- adversary,
- discontented,
- cross,
- mating,
- Maintaining,
- Gibing,
- competing,
- alien,
- at war with,
- disaffirming,
- Rivalling,
- contradiction,
- diverse,
- Contradistinct,
- dissident,
- Championing,
- opposition,
- at cross purposes,
- obstacle,
- antiestablishment,
- counterworking,
- perverse,
- Gainsaying,
- objection,
- resist,
- Disclaiming,
- Oppugnant,
- ascertain,
- Scaring,
- Polaric,
- Blackballing,
- crosscurrent,
- noncooperative,
- fractious,
- enemy,
- Preventing,
- fight against,
- Violating,
- antagonism,
- Jibing,
- Renitent,
- laconically,
- alienated,
- incongruous,
- dissent,
- controvert,
- inverse,
- corresponding,
- challenge,
- relation,
- offensively,
- Contraposition,
- analogy,
- rebelling,
- critically,
- nonconformist,
- disapproving,
- comparative method,
- Deprecatingly,
- crotchety,
- antagonize,
- pushing,
- pressing,
- confused,
- Disavowing,
- critical,
- obstinate,
- simile,
- distinctiveness,
- disparagingly,
- proportion,
- similitude,
- denial,
- opponent,
- resistance,
- exception,
- traversal,
- reciprocally,
- inversely,
- complaint,
- touching,
- Sectary,
- immunity,
- counterbalancing,
- Twining,
- agitating,
- head wind,
- comparative literature,
- equalising,
- eyeball-to-eyeball,
- endurance,
- adverse party,
- Negativing,
- Contesting,
- renunciative,
- obstructive,
- Disapprobatory,
- uncooperative,
- hostility,
- Oppugnation,
- disturbing,
- slightingly,
- derogatory,
- Overthwart,
- not easy,
- indignant,
- Renunciatory,
- Controverting,
- unfavourable,
- stoning,
- Impugnment,
- Compensating,
- insultingly,
- Abjuratory,
- disapprovingly,
- unhappy,
- sectarian,
- dryly,
- undercurrent,
- allegory,
- not harmonious,
- disowning,
- rebuttal,
- uncomplimentary,
- squared off,
- Revocatory,
- rigorous,
- contention,
- dissatisfied,
- con,
- disenchanted,
- wryly,
- poor,
- sarcastically,
- cope,
- Unapproving,
- coupling,
- contrapositive,
- at issue,
- nonconforming,
- Polarized,
- cut across,
- Tallying,
- Impugnation,
- reacting,
- polar opposition,
- agreeing,
- Oppugning,
- wretched,
- polarity,
- condemn,
- destructive,
- Equalizing,
- compare,
- adversive,
- hindrance,
- disillusioned,
- sardonically,
- Combating,
- disgruntled,
- objector,
- negation,
- trying,
- deprecation,
- diametrically opposed,
- different,
- incompatible,
- unappreciative,
- deprecate,
- Contrasted,
- troublous,
- Versus,
- Bucking,
- contrarious,
- disproof,
- mutually,
- correlation,
- antagonist,
- disinclined,
- at variance,
- contend,
- dissonant,
- breakaway,
- oppositely,
- enmity,
- Disaccordant,
- counteractant,
- Recanting,
- harmful,
- grievance,
- impedance,
- representing,
- irreconcilable,
- contravene,
- weighing,
- contravention,
- disappointed,
- condemnatory,
- protest,
- repudiative,
- opposer,
- Fronting,
- Rivaling,
- obverse,
- pairing,
- balancing,
- countervailing,
- divergent,
- likening,
- Impugning,
- refute,
- stressful,
- metaphor,
- underground,
- muddled,
- various,
- Contraversion,
- comparative anatomy,
- marking,
- Scarring.
How to use "Opposing" in context?
Opposing viewpoints can be enriching and provide a more complete understanding of an issue. However, when two opposing viewpoints become entrenched, it can become difficult to reconciling the two. There are several techniques that can be used to overcome opposing viewpoints.
The first step is to acknowledge that they exist. Understanding that there are two opposing viewpoints can help to foster open dialogue. It can also help to clarify misunderstandings.
The second step is to identify the underlying beliefs of the opposing viewpoint. Often, people hold opposing viewpoints because they have different underlying beliefs about the issue at hand.
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Equivalence
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Proper noun, singular
oppose.
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Proper noun, singular
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Independent
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Adjective
adverse, antagonism, antagonist, averse, competing, confrontational, contrary, different, differing, diverging, earlier, hostile, inconsistent, opposed, rival, adversarial, oppositional.
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Proper noun, singular
opposed, opposer, Against, Galleries, Objecting, rejects, exhibits, opposes, VS, EXPOS.
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Verb, past tense
condemned, contested, rejected, Against, Disagreed, Objected, Resented, Resisted, Combated, Protested, reacted.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
acting, answering, antagonizing, asking, banning, blocking, bringing, calling, challenging, clashing, competing, conflicting, confronting, contending, contrasting, countervailing, dealing, declining, differing, discouraging, dissenting, diverging, emerging, facing, failing, frustrating, halting, hindering, impeding, imposing, inhibiting, interfering, intervening, invading, lending, lying, making, namely, offsetting, overlapping, pitting, pouring, presence, protesting, putting, questioning, seeing, seeking, tackling, telling, thwarting, turning, warring, Addressing, Against, Alleviating, Arising, Battling, Breaching, Carrying, Denouncing, Denying, Deterring, Dismissing, Disputing, Encountering, Experiencing, Hampering, Intercepting, Involving, Objecting, Overthrowing, Placing, Receiving, Refusing, Rejecting, Replying, Resisting, Reversing, Vetoing, Violating, Contesting, Contravening, Preventing, feuding, targeting, combatting.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
antagonistic, conflicting, contradictory, contrasting, dissenting, divergent, opposite.
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Proper noun, singular
dissenting, opposition.
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Noun, singular or mass
dissenting, opposite, opposition.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
Counteracting, countering.
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Adjective
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