Synonyms for opposed
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1. opposedadjective

   Foreign refers to difference of birth, alien to difference of allegiance. In their figurative use, that is foreign which is remote, unlike, or unconnected; that is alien which is conflicting, hostile, or opposed. Impertinent and irrelevant matters can not claim consideration in a certain connection; inappropriate matters could not properly be considered. Compare ALIEN, n.; CONTRAST, v.

   Synonyms:
   alien, alien, conflicting, contradictory, contrary, contrasted, distant, foreign, hostile, impertinent, inappropriate, irrelevant, remote, strange, unconnected, unlike

   Antonyms:
   akin, appropriate, apropos, essential, germane, pertinent, proper, relevant

   Preposition:
   Such a purpose was alien to (or from) my thought: to preferable.

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1. opposedadjective

   being in opposition or having an opponent

   "two bitterly opposed schools of thought"

   Antonyms:
   unopposed

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1. List of paraphrases for "opposed":

   opposite, objected, opposing, oppose, against, contrary, opposes, opposition, bucked, objects, rejected, objection

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1. Joseph Palamar:

   This design allows us to look at changes among the same people over time as opposed to other national studies which compare different groups of people across time.

2. President Obama:

   We’ve seen how militarized gear can sometimes give people a feeling like there’s an occupying force, as opposed to a force that’s part of the community that’s protecting them and serving them. It can alienate and intimidate local residents, and send the wrong message. So we’re going to prohibit some equipment made for the battlefield that is not appropriate for local police departments.

3. J. Gresham Machen:

   The Christian cannot be satisfied so long as any human activity is either opposed to Christianity or out of connection with Christianity. Christianity must pervade not merely all nations but also all of human thought.

4. Ira Mehlman:

   We have what can be described as modern-day slavery, human traffickers (as opposed to smugglers) lure unsuspecting migrants with promises of all sorts of opportunity in the U.S., and then hold them hostage once they arrive here with threats of violence against them, or family members back home. Often people who are trafficked are forced to work in the sex trades.

5. Joshua Cohen:

   In general, people are not opposed to a company making a profit, but it is the degree of profit that is made which raises red flags, it's OK to have a free market, but it needs to be a healthy free market, one with real generic competition in order to help bend the cost curve.