717 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ ˌɒpəzˈɪʃən], [ ˌɒpəzˈɪʃən], [ ˌɒ_p_ə_z_ˈɪ_ʃ_ə_n]

Similar words for opposition:

• act (noun)
• antipathy (noun)
• belligerence (noun)
• blame (noun)
• clash (noun)
• comparison (noun)
• competition (noun)
• competitor (noun)
• conflict (noun)
• contention (noun)
• contradiction (noun)
• contrast (noun)
• contravention (noun)
• counter-evidence (noun)
• counteraction (noun)
• counterpoint (noun)
• criticism (noun)
• defiance (noun)
• difference (noun)
• disagreement (noun)
• discordance (noun)
• discouragement (noun)
• disinclination (noun)
• dissent (noun)
• enemy (noun)
• enmity (noun)
• envy (noun)
• filibuster (noun)
• flak (noun)
• foeman (noun)
• friction (noun)
• hindrance (noun)
• hostility (noun)
• incompatibility (noun)
• indocility (noun)
• interference (noun)
• intractability (noun)
• jealousy (noun)
• militancy (noun)
• minority (noun)
• negation (noun)
• nonconformity (noun)
• objection (noun)
• obstruction, antagonism (noun)
• opponent (noun)
• opposite (noun)
• opposition (noun)
• other relevant words (noun)
• person, people competing (noun)
• pugnacity (noun)
• rebuff (noun)
• recalcitrance (noun)
• recalcitrancy (noun)
• renitence (noun)
• reprobation (noun)
• resistance (noun)
• restraint (noun)
• tolerance (noun)
• truculence (noun)
• unlikeness (noun)
• unruliness (noun)
• unwillingness (noun)
• other relevant words (verb)
• other synonyms
• censure

Paraphrases for opposition

Hypernyms for opposition

Hyponyms for opposition

Synonyms for Opposition:

• n.

  •
  • balance,
  • displeasure,
  • pole,
  • support,
  • disfavor,
  • irritation,
  • discontentment,
  • the reverse,
  • tyranny,
  • offense,
  • aversion,
  • enthusiasm,
  • anger,
  • detestation,
  • discontent,
  • disapproval,
  • humiliation,
  • abhorrence,
  • mortification,
  • misrule.
  •
  • coalition,
  • disputant,
  • liberal,
  • dissident,
  • independent,
  • bipartisan,
  • apolitical,
  • ministerial,
  • front,
  • the faithful,
  • nationalist.
  •
  • resist.
  • act (noun)
  • confrontation,
  • opposition.
  • antipathy (noun)
  • dis taste,
  • dis tastes,
  • dis-tastes,
  • eschewals,
  • dis-taste,
  • dyspathies.
  • belligerence (noun)
  • pugnaciousness,
  • militance,
  • truculency.
  • blame (noun)
  • inculpation,
  • chidings,
  • exprobation,
  • recrimination,
  • recriminations,
  • impeachment,
  • imputation,
  • objurgations,
  • impeachments,
  • objurgation,
  • reprehension,
  • reprobation,
  • reproach.
  • clash (noun)
  • dis harmonies,
  • have a go each other,
  • runin,
  • set tos,
  • dis-harmony,
  • mis understanding,
  • dis-harmonies,
  • settos,
  • set-tos,
  • mis-understandings,
  • dis cords,
  • have go at each other,
  • dis cord,
  • dis harmony,
  • dis-cords,
  • dis-cord,
  • have go each other,
  • difference opinion,
  • mis-understanding,
  • mis understandings.
  • comparison (noun)
  • exemplification,
  • comparability,
  • exemplifications,
  • bringing together,
  • Paralleling,
  • balancings,
  • likening.
  • competition (noun)
  • rivalry,
  • horse race,
  • athletic event,
  • go for it,
  • matchups,
  • go for the gold,
  • concours,
  • tug-of-war,
  • quiz,
  • strife,
  • pairing off,
  • do or die,
  • matchup,
  • dog eat dog,
  • athletic events,
  • one on one.
  • competitor (noun)
  • co rival,
  • co rivals,
  • co-rivals,
  • Co-rival,
  • corivals.
  • conflict (noun)
  • factionalism,
  • divided loyalties.
  • contention (noun)
  • controversy,
  • dissension,
  • quarrel,
  • argument,
  • encounter,
  • struggle.
  • contradiction (noun)
  • gainsayings,
  • in congruities,
  • in-congruities,
  • in congruity,
  • in consistency,
  • confutations,
  • buckings,
  • in-congruity,
  • in consistencies,
  • in-consistency,
  • in-consistencies.
  • contrast (noun)
  • incongruousness,
  • oppositeness,
  • inverses,
  • counterpoint,
  • variation,
  • adverses.
  • contravention (noun)
  • in-fractions,
  • in fractions,
  • in-fraction.
  • counter-evidence (noun)
  • denial,
  • parry,
  • defense,
  • disproof,
  • counter-evidence,
  • rebuttal,
  • refutation,
  • subversion.
  • counteraction (noun)
  • neutralization,
  • Counterwork.
  • counterpoint (noun)
  • counter point,
  • counter-point,
  • counter-points,
  • counter points.
  • criticism (noun)
  • flak.
  • defiance (noun)
  • rebelliousness,
  • Insurgence,
  • Factiousness,
  • impudence,
  • Impugnment,
  • throwing of the gauntlet,
  • enjoinder,
  • spite,
  • recalcitrance.
  • difference (noun)
  • Discongruity,
  • Unconformity,
  • unconformities,
  • unlikeness,
  • unorthodoxness.
  • disagreement (noun)
  • disaccord,
  • rejection,
  • repudiation,
  • complaint,
  • divisiveness.
  • discordance (noun)
  • disharmony,
  • dissidence,
  • dissonance,
  • collision,
  • disunity.
  • discouragement (noun)
  • dis incentive,
  • dis-incentive,
  • dis-incentives,
  • dis incentives.
  • disinclination (noun)
  • dis relishes,
  • dis-satisfactions,
  • dis relish,
  • dis likings,
  • dis inclination,
  • dis pleasure,
  • dis-liking,
  • lack enthusiasm,
  • in-dispositions,
  • in disposition,
  • dis-likings,
  • dis-inclination,
  • in-disposition,
  • dis-relishes,
  • hesitances,
  • dis-inclinations,
  • dis inclinations,
  • dis-pleasure,
  • dis satisfactions,
  • lack desire,
  • dis-pleasures,
  • dis-relish,
  • loathnesses,
  • dis-satisfaction,
  • dis liking,
  • dis satisfaction,
  • dislikings,
  • dis pleasures,
  • in dispositions.
  • dissent (noun)
  • sour notes,
  • mis-beliefs,
  • far cries,
  • non agreement,
  • non-concurrences,
  • un-orthodoxy,
  • non-agreement,
  • non concurrence,
  • non-agreements,
  • bone contention,
  • non-conformism,
  • non concurrences,
  • mis belief,
  • Non-concurrence,
  • hetero-doxies,
  • nonagreements,
  • mis-belief,
  • non conformisms,
  • dis sent,
  • nonconformisms,
  • non conformism,
  • nonconcurrences,
  • dis-sent,
  • bone pick,
  • poles aparts,
  • un-orthodoxies,
  • misbeliefs,
  • dis sents,
  • hetero-doxy,
  • un orthodoxies,
  • hetero doxies,
  • non-conformisms,
  • mis beliefs,
  • un orthodoxy,
  • hetero doxy,
  • dis-sents,
  • NOPES,
  • non agreements.
  • enemy (noun)
  • attacker,
  • shrew,
  • Archenemy,
  • sanguinary,
  • assailant,
  • savage,
  • combatant,
  • unfriendly,
  • invader,
  • foe,
  • Sectary,
  • rival,
  • sectarian,
  • adversary,
  • antagonist.
  • enmity (noun)
  • combativeness,
  • inharmoniousness,
  • contention,
  • loathing,
  • resentment,
  • spitefulness,
  • Adverseness,
  • wrath,
  • bad blood,
  • Averseness,
  • malevolence,
  • bitterness,
  • discordance,
  • polarity,
  • coldness,
  • enmity,
  • hard feelings,
  • rancor,
  • contrariety,
  • surliness,
  • alienation,
  • quarrelsomeness,
  • coolness,
  • animosity,
  • malice,
  • tension.
  • envy (noun)
  • Grudgingness,
  • invidiousness,
  • grudgings,
  • grudge,
  • jaundiced eye.
  • filibuster (noun)
  • de lays,
  • de lay,
  • talkathons,
  • holding floor,
  • de-lays,
  • stonewallings,
  • de-lay.
  • flak (noun)
  • brickbats,
  • brickbat,
  • bad press.
  • foeman (noun)
  • foeman.
  • friction (noun)
  • impedance,
  • impedances,
  • wranglings,
  • bad feeling.
  • hindrance (noun)
  • delay,
  • damper,
  • dam,
  • tangle,
  • crimp,
  • mire,
  • frustration,
  • interruption,
  • constraint,
  • constipation,
  • barrier,
  • bottleneck,
  • impasse,
  • choke,
  • blockade,
  • bafflement,
  • restriction,
  • stay,
  • clog,
  • snag,
  • stoppage,
  • blockage,
  • drag,
  • bung,
  • encumbrance,
  • entrapment,
  • catch,
  • entanglement,
  • deterrent,
  • complication,
  • hurdle,
  • disadvantage,
  • stop,
  • jam,
  • restraint,
  • snarl,
  • obstacle,
  • handicap,
  • burden,
  • block,
  • plug,
  • congestion,
  • brake,
  • drawback.
  • hostility (noun)
  • dis-affection,
  • dis-affections,
  • un-friendlinesses,
  • inimicalities,
  • un friendlinesses,
  • dis affections,
  • dis affection,
  • warpaths,
  • un friendliness,
  • unfriendlinesses,
  • un-friendliness.
  • incompatibility (noun)
  • in compatibilities,
  • in-compatibilities,
  • in-compatibility,
  • in compatibility.
  • indocility (noun)
  • in-docility,
  • un-controllableness,
  • in-docilities,
  • dis-orderlinesses,
  • dis orderliness,
  • in docilities,
  • un governableness,
  • un-governableness,
  • wildnesses,
  • un-manageabilities,
  • un governablenesses,
  • un controllableness,
  • un-towardnesses,
  • un-controllabilities,
  • un-governablenesses,
  • un controllablenesses,
  • dis orderlinesses,
  • un manageabilities,
  • un controllability,
  • un towardness,
  • un manageability,
  • un towardnesses,
  • un-towardness,
  • un-controllability,
  • dis-orderliness,
  • un controllabilities,
  • un-controllablenesses,
  • in docility,
  • un-manageability.
  • interference (noun)
  • barrings,
  • inter positions,
  • pryings,
  • tacklings,
  • inter position,
  • inter-positions,
  • inter meddling,
  • trespassings,
  • tamperings,
  • meddlesomenesses,
  • barging ins,
  • inter-meddling,
  • backseat drivings,
  • blockings,
  • hamperings,
  • cloggings,
  • inter-position,
  • backseat driving,
  • interpositions,
  • intermeddlings.
  • intractability (noun)
  • intractability.
  • jealousy (noun)
  • envy.
  • militancy (noun)
  • militancy.
  • minority (noun)
  • FEWS,
  • outvoted,
  • splinter group,
  • outnumbered,
  • the outvoted,
  • less than half,
  • the few,
  • the outnumbered.
  • negation (noun)
  • Negatory,
  • disavowals,
  • disavowal,
  • Contraries,
  • forget it,
  • neutralizations,
  • NOS,
  • Non-existence.
  • nonconformity (noun)
  • dis-obediences,
  • non consent,
  • un-conventionalities,
  • bohemianisms,
  • dis-obedience,
  • non-acceptances,
  • non conformity,
  • recusances,
  • dis obediences,
  • non acceptances,
  • unconventionalities,
  • non consents,
  • nonacceptances,
  • non-compliances,
  • non-consents,
  • mutinousnesses,
  • un conventionalities,
  • recusancies,
  • iconoclasms,
  • non compliances,
  • transgressivenesses,
  • non conformities,
  • nonconsents,
  • non-conformities,
  • dis obedience,
  • un conventionality,
  • contumaciousnesses,
  • un-conventionality,
  • non compliance,
  • non acceptance.
  • objection (noun)
  • counter arguments,
  • counter argument,
  • shrinkings,
  • demurrals,
  • counterarguments,
  • demurrings,
  • counter-arguments.
  • obstruction, antagonism (noun)
  • confronting,
  • duel,
  • combat,
  • civil disobedience,
  • opposure,
  • repugnance,
  • prevention,
  • obstructiveness,
  • counteraction,
  • skirmish,
  • negativism,
  • counterattack,
  • Oppugnancy,
  • engagement,
  • contest,
  • war,
  • fray,
  • brush,
  • grapple,
  • warfare,
  • Antinomy,
  • repulsion,
  • violation,
  • action,
  • con.
  • opponent (noun)
  • dissentient,
  • litigants,
  • Counter-agent,
  • opposer,
  • ANTIS,
  • anti,
  • bidder,
  • dissentients,
  • counteragent,
  • litigant,
  • resister,
  • bidders,
  • Oppugnant.
  • opposite (noun)
  • Antilogy,
  • another adverse,
  • other extreme,
  • Antilogies,
  • contras,
  • other side of coin,
  • antipoles,
  • Contra,
  • Antipole.
  • opposition (noun)
  • challenge,
  • friction,
  • impediment,
  • hindrance,
  • fuel,
  • protest,
  • obstinacy,
  • dispute,
  • antagonism,
  • demur,
  • repression,
  • obstruction,
  • fight,
  • suppression,
  • inhibition,
  • rebellion.
  • Other relevant words: (noun)
  • nonacceptance,
  • hardiness,
  • clinker,
  • antipathy,
  • transgressiveness,
  • dissent,
  • demurral,
  • goby,
  • heterodoxies,
  • nonconformity,
  • disincentive,
  • far cry,
  • tolerance,
  • holding the floor,
  • difference,
  • disinclination,
  • non-conformity,
  • warpath,
  • dislike,
  • strangeness,
  • protestation,
  • procrastination,
  • enemy,
  • recusance,
  • resistance,
  • iconoclasm,
  • chokings,
  • contravention,
  • clashing,
  • kick in teeth,
  • Contumaciousness,
  • go-by,
  • objection,
  • have a go at each other,
  • Nonconcurrence,
  • unfriendliness,
  • setto,
  • refusal,
  • hostility,
  • nonagreement,
  • interference,
  • Remonstration,
  • hesitance,
  • counterargument,
  • nonconformism,
  • defiance,
  • dyspathy,
  • sufferance,
  • unwillingness,
  • nonconsent,
  • hatred,
  • lack of desire,
  • non-consent,
  • nothing doing,
  • hard time,
  • emulators,
  • Loathness,
  • eschewal,
  • poles apart,
  • disagreement,
  • Inimicality,
  • sour note,
  • kick in the teeth,
  • unconventionality,
  • non-compliance,
  • Bohemianism,
  • opposite,
  • lawlessness,
  • minority,
  • meddlesomeness,
  • clinkers,
  • evasion,
  • opponent,
  • negation,
  • rebuff,
  • emulator,
  • non-acceptance,
  • comparison,
  • brushoff,
  • set-to,
  • confutation,
  • Misbelief,
  • striking back,
  • uncontrollableness,
  • niggle,
  • contradiction,
  • procrastinations,
  • set to,
  • unorthodoxy,
  • clash,
  • competition,
  • counter-argument,
  • incompatibility,
  • bone to pick,
  • Nope,
  • filibuster,
  • lack of enthusiasm,
  • talkathon,
  • retardation,
  • recusancy,
  • hard times,
  • Disincentives,
  • Corival,
  • scrimmage,
  • Mutinousness,
  • checkings,
  • Intermeddling,
  • Hates,
  • wildness,
  • heterodoxy,
  • unorthodoxies,
  • interposition,
  • competitor,
  • conflict.
  • person, people competing (noun)
  • other side,
  • iconoclast,
  • rebel.
  • pugnacity (noun)
  • pugnacity.
  • rebuff (noun)
  • go byes,
  • de feat,
  • kick the teeth,
  • kick teeth,
  • re-buffs,
  • re buffs,
  • de-feats,
  • gobyes,
  • go-byes,
  • re buff,
  • nothing doings,
  • re pulses,
  • de-feat,
  • brushoffs,
  • re-buff,
  • re-pulses,
  • de feats.
  • recalcitrance (noun)
  • de spites,
  • de-spite,
  • de-spites,
  • de spite,
  • despites.
  • recalcitrancy (noun)
  • recalcitrancy.
  • renitence (noun)
  • parryings,
  • protectings,
  • with-standing,
  • striking backs,
  • with standing,
  • impedings,
  • haltings,
  • with-standings,
  • warding offs,
  • with standings,
  • withstandings.
  • reprobation (noun)
  • re probation,
  • re-probation,
  • re-probations,
  • re probations.
  • resistance (noun)
  • Repellency.
  • restraint (noun)
  • discouragement.
  • tolerance (noun)
  • hardinesses,
  • sufferances.
  • truculence (noun)
  • truculence.
  • unlikeness (noun)
  • un likeness,
  • un-likeness,
  • un-likenesses,
  • un likenesses.
  • unruliness (noun)
  • intractableness,
  • Indocility.
  • unwillingness (noun)
  • contrariness,
  • distaste,
  • stubbornness,
  • balkiness,
  • reluctance,
  • noncooperation.

• v.

  • Other relevant words: (verb)
  • hate.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • obverse,
  • Oppositionist,
  • Renitence,
  • contradistinction,
  • the converse,
  • the contrary,
  • Contraposition,
  • Renitency,
  • recommendation,
  • contrast.
  •
  • antithesis.
  •
  • extreme.
  • censure
  • blame.

Paraphrases for Opposition:

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    position.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    confrontation, reaction.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    opponent, opposed, Galleries, rejects, exhibits, EXPOS.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    backlash, contrast, dispute, refusal, stamina, tension, contrasts.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    dissent, objection, opposer, opposing, objections.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    adversary, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, conflict, contradiction, contradistinction, contrary, controversy, disagreement, disapproval, dissatisfaction, dissent, hostility, interception, objection, obstruction, opponent, opposer, opposing, opposite, protest, rejection, reluctance, repudiation, resentment, resistance, revulsion.

Hypernym for Opposition:

• n.

  • act
    anti-takeover defense, reaction, strikebreaking, lockout.
  • group
    Inc, Iraqi National Congress.
  • linkdef
    antipodal opposition, enantiomorphism, antipodal, diametrical opposition, perpendicularity, mirror-image relation, orthogonal opposition, orthogonality.

Hyponym for Opposition:

• n.

  • act
    action, resistance.
  • group
    political party, body, party.
  • linkdef
    direction.