All oppose synonyms

verb oppose

• resist — to withstand, strive against, or oppose: to resist infection; to resist temptation.
• fight — a battle or combat.
• contest — A contest is a competition or game in which people try to win.
• combat — Combat is fighting that takes place in a war.
• counter — In a place such as a shop or café, a counter is a long narrow table or flat surface at which customers are served.
• dissent — to differ in sentiment or opinion, especially from the majority; withhold assent; disagree (often followed by from): Two of the justices dissented from the majority decision.
• dispute — to engage in argument or debate.
• obstruct — to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass: Debris obstructed the road.
• argue — If one person argues with another, they speak angrily to each other about something that they disagree about. You can also say that two people argue.
• assail — If someone assails you, they criticize you strongly.
• attack — To attack a person or place means to try to hurt or damage them using physical violence.
• debate — A debate is a discussion about a subject on which people have different views.
• defy — If you defy someone or something that is trying to make you behave in a particular way, you refuse to obey them and behave in that way.
• deny — When you deny something, you state that it is not true.
• disagree — to fail to agree; differ: The conclusions disagree with the facts. The theories disagree in their basic premises.
• face — the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
• prevent — to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
• protest — an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid: a protest against increased taxation.
• assault — An assault by an army is a strong attack made on an area held by the enemy.
• bar — A bar is a place where you can buy and drink alcoholic drinks.
• battle — A battle is a violent fight between groups of people, especially one between military forces during a war.
• bombard — If you bombard someone with something, you make them face a great deal of it. For example, if you bombard them with questions or criticism, you keep asking them a lot of questions or you keep criticizing them.
• cheque — A cheque is a printed form on which you write an amount of money and who it is to be paid to. Your bank then pays the money to that person from your account.
• check — Check is also a noun.
• confront — If you are confronted with a problem, task, or difficulty, you have to deal with it.
• contradict — If you contradict someone, you say that what they have just said is wrong, or suggest that it is wrong by saying something different.
• controvert — to deny, refute, or oppose (some argument or opinion)
• counterattack — If you counterattack, you attack someone who has attacked you.
• cross — If you cross something such as a room, a road, or an area of land or water, you move or travel to the other side of it. If you cross to a place, you move or travel over a room, road, or area of land or water in order to reach that place.
• disapprove — to think (something) wrong or reprehensible; censure or condemn in opinion.
• encounter — Unexpectedly experience or be faced with (something difficult or hostile).
• expose — Make (something) visible, typically by uncovering it.
• gainsay — to deny, dispute, or contradict.
• hinder — to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
• neutralize — to make neutral; cause to undergo neutralization.
• neutralise — to make neutral; cause to undergo neutralization.
• reverse — opposite or contrary in position, direction, order, or character: an impression reverse to what was intended; in reverse sequence.
• taunt — to reproach in a sarcastic, insulting, or jeering manner; mock.
• thwart — to oppose successfully; prevent from accomplishing a purpose.
• withstand — to stand or hold out against; resist or oppose, especially successfully: to withstand rust; to withstand the invaders; to withstand temptation.
• call in question — a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
• face down — Also, face-down. Informal. a direct confrontation; showdown.
• fly in the face of — to move through the air using wings.
• run counter to — to have a contrary effect or action to
• stand up to — (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
• take on — to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
• turn the tables — an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports: a kitchen table; an operating table; a pool table.
• compare — When you compare things, you consider them and discover the differences or similarities between them.
• play off — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.