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in opposition

ADJECTIVE

defensive

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opposing

STRONG

averting conservative foiling forestalling preservative preventive thwarting

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arresting balking checking coping with defending frustrating guarding interrupting protecting resistive safeguarding uptight warding off withstanding

Antonyms

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undefensive unprotective unwary unwatchful

ADJECTIVE

opposed

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anti antithetical averse disputed hostile inimical opposing

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battling clashing combating conflicting confronting controverting counter crossing defending denying disagreeing disputing exposing facing gainsaying objecting protesting repelling rival warring

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against allergic antipathetic antonymous at cross-purposes at odds contrary defensive dissentient enemy incompatible irreconcilable obstructive opposite restrictive up against

Antonyms

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friendly kind

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in favor of

ADJECTIVE

opposed/opposing

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against the grain allergic anti antipathetic antithetical antonymous at cross-purposes at odds averse battling clashing combating conflicting confronting contrary controverting counter crossing defending defensive denying disagreeing disputed disputing dissentient enemy exposing facing gainsaying hostile incompatible inimical irreconcilable objecting obstructive opposite protesting repelling restrictive rival up against warring

Antonyms

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aiding assisting compatible helping similar

ADJECTIVE

oppositional

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adversarial adverse against the grain allergic antagonistic anti antipathetic antithetical antonymous at cross-purposes at odds averse battling clashing combating conflicting confronting contrary controverting counter crossing defending defensive denying disagreeing disputed disputing dissentient enemy exposing facing gainsaying hostile incompatible inimical irreconcilable objecting obstructive opposed opposite protesting repelling restrictive rival up against warring

ADJECTIVE

repugnant

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abhorrent abominable contradictory disgusting distasteful incompatible objectionable odious revolting vile

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adverse against alien antagonistic antipathetic averse conflicting counter creepy different disagreeable extraneous extrinsic foreign foul hateful horrid inconsistent inconsonant inimical invidious loathsome nasty nauseating noisome offensive opposed opposite repellent revulsive sickening unconformable unfitted unfriendly

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agreeable delightful good likeable nice pleasant pleasing

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friendly

ADVERB

au contraire

Synonyms

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contrarily contrariwise on the other hand to the contrary

Example Sentences

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Wes Streeting has been health secretary since Labour came to power in 2024 and shadowed the position in opposition for three years before that.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

The California Farm Bureau and the California Cattlemen’s Assn. are in opposition due to concerns over funding.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026

The upstart party flipped certain districts that had gone to Fidesz in every election since Orbán returned to power in 2010 after an eight-year spell in opposition.

From Barron's • Apr. 12, 2026

Those two clauses are, in some sense, in opposition, or at least in contention with one another.

From Slate • Mar. 10, 2026

This book has therefore been deliberately written in opposition to certain conventions which have become established in ‘these postmodern days’.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

in opposition

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