What is another word for opposing?
573 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ əpˈə͡ʊzɪŋ], [ əpˈəʊzɪŋ], [ ə_p_ˈəʊ_z_ɪ_ŋ]Table of Contents
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)
- recalcitrant (adjective)
- resistant (adjective)
- hostile (noun)
- contending (verb)
- counteracting (verb)
- defending (verb)
- disagreeing (verb)
- disproving (verb)
- hindering (verb)
- opposing (verb)
- resisting (verb)
- other synonyms
- dissident
- other relevant words
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.
n.
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- conversely,
- inimical,
- vice versa,
- sinister,
- favorable,
- resistive,
- friendly,
- to the contrary,
- paradoxical,
- otherwise,
- aspiring.
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- support.
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.
Paraphrases for Opposing:
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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
earlier, oppositional, opposed, competing, hostile, diverging, antagonism, rival, differing, confrontational, adverse, adversarial, antagonist, inconsistent, different, contrary, averse.
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Proper noun, singular
rejects, opposed, Galleries, EXPOS, exhibits, VS, opposes, opposer, Against, Objecting.
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Verb, past tense
Protested, rejected, Disagreed, condemned, Resisted, Resented, contested, Objected, Combated, reacted, Against.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
imposing, Refusing, Rejecting, protesting, Resisting, Reversing, discouraging, Denouncing, Denying, antagonizing, Overthrowing, intervening, frustrating, contending, Disputing, Intercepting, questioning, seeking, Contesting, Dismissing, Violating, Addressing, Preventing, Contravening, Arising, interfering, confronting, challenging, Vetoing, overlapping, offsetting, presence, Deterring, impeding, Experiencing, invading, Hampering, countervailing, combatting, seeing, Replying, banning, Alleviating, conflicting, blocking, lending, thwarting, Encountering, pouring, Battling, feuding, answering, asking, declining, halting, tackling, clashing, Involving, pitting, lying, inhibiting, facing, Receiving, namely, targeting, emerging, warring, telling, Placing, Breaching, failing, hindering, turning, Carrying, bringing, dealing, \, putting, calling, acting, contrasting, making, competing, diverging, differing, dissenting, Against, Objecting.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
conflicting, antagonistic, contradictory, contrasting, opposite, divergent, dissenting.
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Proper noun, singular
opposition, dissenting.
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Noun, singular or mass
opposition, opposite, dissenting.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
countering, Counteracting.
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Adjective