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.
  •antipodean (adjective)
  • in-verse,
  • in verse,
  • more obverse,
  • most obverse.
  •antonymic (adjective)
  • most currish.
  •at variance (adjective)
  • contending.
  •competitive (adjective)
  • killer,
  • more streetwise,
  • dog eat dog,
  • most streetwise,
  • more competing,
  • most killer,
  • more killer,
  • most vying,
  • most competing,
  • more vying,
  • killer instinct.
  •conflicting (adjective)
  • Inconsonant,
  • Contrariant,
  • at odds with,
  • unmixable,
  • disconsonant.
  •confronting (adjective)
  • more meeting,
  • most meeting,
  • more encountering,
  • face face,
  • most encountering.
  •contradictory (adjective)
  • 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.
  •counteractive (adjective)
  • defiant,
  • challenging,
  • counteractive.
  •defensive (adjective)
  • Interrupting,
  • preservative,
  • coping with,
  • in opposition.
  •negative (adjective)
  • recusant,
  • dissentient,
  • Privative,
  • naysaying,
  • unaffirmative,
  • contrary,
  • Refusing,
  • unenthusiastic.
  •opposed (adjective)
  • at cross-purposes,
  • up against,
  • restrictive.
  •Other relevant words: (adjective)
  • opposed,
  • confronting,
  • undisciplinable,
  • defensive,
  • recalcitrant,
  • no go,
  • competitive,
  • adverse,
  • streetwise,
  • AGIN,
  • anti,
  • at odds,
  • antithetic,
  • insubmissive,
  • conflicting,
  • unsupportive,
  • resistant,
  • negative,
  • contradictory.
  •recalcitrant (adjective)
  • in subordinate,
  • more insubmissive,
  • un-governable,
  • in submissive,
  • un-disciplined,
  • un manageable,
  • in tractable,
  • in-subordinate,
  • most undisciplinable,
  • un-disciplinable,
  • un disciplinable,
  • in-tractable,
  • most insubmissive,
  • more undisciplinable,
  • un disciplined,
  • in-submissive,
  • un-manageable.
  •resistant (adjective)
  • dis-obedient,
  • dis obedient,
  • un yielding,
  • un-yielding.

• n.

  •
  • meeting,
  • (dead) set against something,
  • helping.
  •
  • conversely,
  • inimical,
  • vice versa,
  • sinister,
  • favorable,
  • resistive,
  • friendly,
  • to the contrary,
  • paradoxical,
  • otherwise,
  • aspiring.
  •
  • support.
  •
  • converse,
  • reverse.
  •hostile (noun)
  • hostile.
  •Other relevant words: (noun)
  • property,
  • rival,
  • facing.

• prep.

  •Other relevant words: (preposition)
  • Against,
  • contrary to,
  • opposed to,
  • counter to,
  • in contrast to,
  • VS,
  • in opposition to.

• v.

  •contending (verb)
  • bickering,
  • protesting,
  • Vying,
  • antagonizing,
  • hassling,
  • Encountering,
  • brawling,
  • contrasting,
  • wrangling,
  • Quarreling,
  • wrestling,
  • dissenting,
  • struggling,
  • standing,
  • Disputing,
  • clashing,
  • Withstanding.
  •counteracting (verb)
  • tampering,
  • Neutralizing,
  • offsetting.
  •defending (verb)
  • 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.
  •disagreeing (verb)
  • Defying,
  • Objecting,
  • Repudiating,
  • Rejecting,
  • complaining,
  • disagreeing,
  • Demurring,
  • differing,
  • colliding.
  •disproving (verb)
  • Belying,
  • Refuting,
  • Parrying,
  • Subverting,
  • Denying,
  • Overturning,
  • Contravening,
  • Disproving,
  • negating,
  • Confuting.
  •hindering (verb)
  • 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.
  •opposing (verb)
  • repelling,
  • Obstructing,
  • Intercepting,
  • Checking,
  • Suppressing,
  • Contradicting,
  • Rebuffing,
  • fighting,
  • meddling,
  • repressing,
  • crossing,
  • Repulsing,
  • hindering,
  • impeding,
  • inhibiting,
  • Counteracting,
  • Oppressing,
  • interfering.
  •Other relevant words: (verb)
  • conflict,
  • opposite.
  •resisting (verb)
  • standing fast,
  • standing firm,
  • Snubbing.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • antipodean,
  • diametric,
  • antonymic,
  • adversarial,
  • antonymous,
  • unsympathetic,
  • bipolar,
  • oppositional,
  • repugnant,
  • rebellious,
  • antipodal.
  •
  • antithetical,
  • antagonistic,
  • diametrical,
  • repulsive.
  •
  • polar.
  •
  • counter.
  •dissident
  • factious.
  •Other relevant words:
  • Contra.
  •Other relevant words (noun):
  • 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.

Paraphrases for Opposing:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    oppose.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    adverse, antagonism, antagonist, averse, competing, confrontational, contrary, different, differing, diverging, earlier, hostile, inconsistent, opposed, rival, adversarial, oppositional.
  • Proper noun, singular
    opposed, opposer, Against, Galleries, Objecting, rejects, exhibits, opposes, VS, EXPOS.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    contrary, opposer, Against.
  • Verb, past tense
    condemned, contested, rejected, Against, Disagreed, Objected, Resented, Resisted, Combated, Protested, reacted.
  • 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.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    antagonistic, conflicting, contradictory, contrasting, dissenting, divergent, opposite.
  • Proper noun, singular
    dissenting, opposition.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    dissenting, opposite, opposition.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Counteracting, countering.

Antonyms for Opposing:

• adj.

  • at variance
    agreeable, allied.

• p. pr. & vb. n.

  • Other antonyms:
    amicable.