Definitions

equal opportunity

NOUN

affirmative action

Synonyms

WEAK

anti-discrimination equal rights policy even break fair hiring fair hiring practices fair shake fair treatment limited choice nondiscrimination positive discrimination quota system reverse discrimination

NOUN

equality

Synonyms

STRONGEST

civil rights coordination fairness identity impartiality parity tolerance

STRONG

commensurateness correspondence equatability equilibrium equipoise equivalence evenness homology likeness par parallelism sameness uniformity

WEAK

adequation fair play fair practice fair shake isonomy

Antonyms

STRONG

difference disagreement dissimilarity unlikeness

WEAK

disproportion imbalance inequality unfairness

NOUN

level playing field

Synonyms

WEAK

equal rights equity justice proportion symmetry

Example Sentences

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This often comes up as an issue when it comes to selling advertising time—they can’t just sell advertising time to one side without offering an equal opportunity to the other.

From Slate • Feb. 24, 2026

It was the first executive civil-rights directive since Reconstruction, and the first federal act to promote equal opportunity in the workplace and prohibit employment discrimination.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 23, 2025

He added that it could help give "equal opportunity to those who are less fortunate and that the centre can plug that gap for disadvantaged children".

From BBC • Oct. 28, 2025

All individuals who enter the waiting room by 6 p.m. will be placed in the queue at random and have an equal opportunity to access the limited number of applicants.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2025

Peace without justice and equal opportunity is no Peace.”

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

equal opportunity

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