'opposition' definitions:
Definition of 'opposition'
(from WordNet)
noun
The action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with; "he encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizens"; "despite opposition from the newspapers he went ahead" [syn: resistance, opposition]
noun
The relation between opposed entities [syn: opposition, oppositeness]
noun
The act of hostile groups opposing each other; "the government was not ready for a confrontation with the unions"; "the invaders encountered stiff opposition" [syn: confrontation, opposition]
noun
noun
A body of people united in opposing something
noun
A direction opposite to another
noun
An armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force); "a soldier must be prepared to kill his enemies" [syn: enemy, foe, foeman, opposition]
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The major political party opposed to the party in office and prepared to replace it if elected; "Her Majesty's loyal opposition"
Synonyms of 'opposition'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adversary,
- adversity,
- agreement to disagree,
- alienation,
- allegory,
- analogy,
- antagonism,
- antagonist,
- antagonistic,
- anteposition,
- antipathy,
- antithesis,
- antithetical,
- apostasy,
- argumentation,
- arrest,
- arrestation,
- arrestment,
- assailant,
- at daggers drawn,
- averseness,
- aversion,
- backlash,
- backwardness,
- balancing,
- ban,
- blackball,
- blackballing,
- blockage,
- blocking,
- challenge,
- check,
- clashing,
- clogging,
- closing up,
- closure,
- collision,
- combatant,
- combative reaction,
- comparative anatomy,
- comparative degree,
- comparative grammar,
- comparative judgment,
- comparative linguistics,
- comparative literature,
- comparative method,
- compare,
- comparing,
- comparison,
- competing,
- competition,
- competitive,
- competitor,
- complaint,
- con,
- conflict,
- conflicting,
- confrontation,
- confrontment,
- confutation,
- constriction,
- contention,
- contradiction,
- contradistinction,
- contraindication,
- contraposition,
- contrariety,
- contrast,
- contrastiveness,
- controversy,
- correlation,
- counter-culture,
- counteraction,
- counterposition,
- counterworking,
- cramp,
- crankiness,
- cross-purposes,
- crotchetiness,
- cursoriness,
- defiance,
- delay,
- demur,
- departure,
- detainment,
- detention,
- deviation,
- difference,
- dim view,
- disaccord,
- disaccordance,
- disagreement,
- disappointment,
- disapprobation,
- disapproval,
- disconformity,
- discongruity,
- discontent,
- discontentedness,
- discontentment,
- discord,
- discordance,
- discordancy,
- discrepancy,
- discreteness,
- disenchantment,
- disesteem,
- disfavor,
- disgruntlement,
- disharmony,
- disillusion,
- disillusionment,
- disinclination,
- disobedience,
- disparity,
- displeasure,
- dispute,
- disrelish,
- disrespect,
- dissatisfaction,
- dissension,
- dissent,
- dissentience,
- dissidence,
- dissimilarity,
- dissonance,
- distaste,
- distinction,
- distinctiveness,
- distinctness,
- disunion,
- disunity,
- divergence,
- divergency,
- diversity,
- dropping out,
- enemy,
- exclusion,
- faction,
- far cry,
- fixation,
- flak,
- foe,
- foeman,
- foot-dragging,
- fractiousness,
- friction,
- grudging consent,
- grudgingness,
- hampering,
- heterogeneity,
- hindering,
- hindrance,
- holdback,
- holdup,
- hostile,
- hostility,
- impediment,
- in opposition,
- inaccordance,
- incompatibility,
- incongruity,
- inconsistency,
- inconsonance,
- indignation,
- indisposedness,
- indisposition,
- indocility,
- inequality,
- inharmoniousness,
- inharmony,
- inhibition,
- inimicalness,
- interference,
- interruption,
- intractableness,
- irreconcilability,
- jarring,
- kick,
- lack of enthusiasm,
- lack of zeal,
- let,
- likening,
- low estimation,
- low opinion,
- matching,
- metaphor,
- minority opinion,
- mixture,
- mutinousness,
- negation,
- negativism,
- nolition,
- nonagreement,
- nonassent,
- nonconcurrence,
- nonconformity,
- nonconsent,
- noncooperation,
- nuisance value,
- objection,
- obstinacy,
- obstruction,
- obstructionism,
- occlusion,
- odds,
- opponent,
- opposed,
- opposing,
- opposing party,
- opposite camp,
- oppositeness,
- opposure,
- oppugnance,
- oppugnancy,
- ostracism,
- other side,
- otherness,
- parallelism,
- passive resistance,
- perfunctoriness,
- perverseness,
- perversity,
- polar opposition,
- polarity,
- polarization,
- posing against,
- proportion,
- protest,
- reaction,
- rebuff,
- recalcitrance,
- recalcitrancy,
- recalcitration,
- recoil,
- recusance,
- recusancy,
- refractoriness,
- refusal,
- rejection,
- relation,
- reluctance,
- renitence,
- renitency,
- repellence,
- repellency,
- repercussion,
- repression,
- repudiation,
- repugnance,
- repulse,
- repulsion,
- resistance,
- restraint,
- restriction,
- retardation,
- retardment,
- revolt,
- rival,
- secession,
- separateness,
- setback,
- showdown,
- simile,
- similitude,
- slowness,
- squeeze,
- stand,
- stranglehold,
- stricture,
- stubbornness,
- sulk,
- sulkiness,
- sulks,
- sullenness,
- suppression,
- swimming upstream,
- the loyal opposition,
- the opposition,
- thumbs-down,
- trope of comparison,
- unconformity,
- uncooperativeness,
- underground,
- unenthusiasm,
- unfriendliness,
- unhappiness,
- unharmoniousness,
- unlikeness,
- unorthodoxy,
- unwillingness,
- variance,
- variation,
- variegation,
- variety,
- weighing,
- withdrawal,
- withstanding
Words containing 'opposition'
- in opposition,
- in opposition to,
- opposite,
- oppositely,
- oppositeness,
- oppositional,
- oppositive,
- Polar opposition,
- Polaric opposition,
- antipodal opposition,
- diametrical opposition,
- gradable opposition,
- mutual opposition,
- opposite number,
- opposite word,
- opposition party,
- orthogonal opposition,
- ungradable opposition