All opposition synonyms

noun opposition

• antagonism — Antagonism between people is hatred or dislike between them. Antagonisms are instances of this.
• hostility — a hostile state, condition, or attitude; enmity; antagonism; unfriendliness.
• disagreement — the act, state, or fact of disagreeing.
• obstruction — something that obstructs, blocks, or closes up with an obstacle or obstacles; obstacle or hindrance: obstructions to navigation.
• disapproval — the act or state of disapproving; a condemnatory feeling, look, or utterance; censure: stern disapproval.
• unfriendly — not amicable; not friendly or kindly in disposition; unsympathetic; aloof: an unfriendly coldness of manner.
• resistance — the act or power of resisting, opposing, or withstanding.
• action — Action is doing something for a particular purpose.
• struggle — to contend with an adversary or opposing force.
• antinomy — opposition of one law, principle, or rule to another; contradiction within a law
• antithesis — The antithesis of something is its exact opposite.
• aversion — If you have an aversion to someone or something, you dislike them very much.
• brush — A brush is an object which has a large number of bristles or hairs fixed to it. You use brushes for painting, for cleaning things, and for tidying your hair.
• clash — When people clash, they fight, argue, or disagree with each other.
• combat — Combat is fighting that takes place in a war.
• competition — Competition is a situation in which two or more people or groups are trying to get something which not everyone can have.
• con — Con is the written abbreviation for constable, when it is part of a policeman's title.
• conflict — Conflict is serious disagreement and argument about something important. If two people or groups are in conflict, they have had a serious disagreement or argument and have not yet reached agreement.
• contention — Someone's contention is the idea or opinion that they are expressing in an argument or discussion.
• contest — A contest is a competition or game in which people try to win.
• contradistinction — a distinction made by contrasting different qualities
• contrariety — opposition between one thing and another; disagreement
• counteraction — to act in opposition to; frustrate by contrary action.
• counterattack — If you counterattack, you attack someone who has attacked you.
• defence — Defence is action that is taken to protect someone or something against attack.
• defense — the act or power of defending, or guarding against attack, harm, or danger
• defiance — Defiance is behaviour or an attitude which shows that you are not willing to obey someone.
• duel — a prearranged combat between two persons, fought with deadly weapons according to an accepted code of procedure, especially to settle a private quarrel.
• encounter — Unexpectedly experience or be faced with (something difficult or hostile).
• engagement — A formal agreement to get married.
• fray — a raveled or worn part, as in cloth: frays at the toes of well-worn sneakers.
• grapple — to hold or make fast to something, as with a grapple.
• negativism — a negative or pessimistic attitude.
• prevention — the act of preventing; effectual hindrance.
• repugnance — the state of being repugnant.
• repulsion — the act of repulsing or the state of being repulsed.
• rivalry — the action, position, or relation of a rival or rivals; competition: rivalry between Yale and Harvard.
• skirmish — Military. a fight between small bodies of troops, especially advanced or outlying detachments of opposing armies.
• strife — vigorous or bitter conflict, discord, or antagonism: to be at strife.
• violation — the act of violating.
• war — a conflict carried on by force of arms, as between nations or between parties within a nation; warfare, as by land, sea, or air.
• warfare — the process of military struggle between two nations or groups of nations; war.
• civil disobedience — Civil disobedience is the refusal by ordinary people in a country to obey laws or pay taxes, usually as a protest.
• confronting — Present participle of confront.
• contraposition — the act of placing opposite or against, esp in contrast or antithesis
• obstructiveness — The characteristic of being obstructive.
• oppugnancy — opposing; antagonistic; contrary.
• opponent — a person who is on an opposing side in a game, contest, controversy, or the like; adversary.
• challenger — A challenger is someone who competes with you for a position or title that you already have, for example being a sports champion or a political leader.
• competitor — A company's competitors are companies who are trying to sell similar goods or services to the same people.