Synonyms for opposition
ˌɒp əˈzɪʃ ənop·po·si·tion

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.4 / 8 votes

1. opposition

   Aspiration is the desire for excellence, pure and simple. Ambition, literally a going around to solicit votes, has primary reference to the award or approval of others, and is the eager desire of power, fame, or something deemed great and eminent, and viewed as a worthy prize. The prizes of aspiration are virtue, nobility, skill, or other high qualities. The prizes of ambition are advancement, fame, honor, and the like. There is a noble and wise or an ignoble, selfish, and harmful ambition. Emulation is not so much to win any excellence or success for itself as to equal or surpass other persons. There is such a thing as a noble emulation, when those we would equal or surpass are noble, and the means we would use worthy. But, at the highest, emulation is inferior as a motive to aspiration, which seeks the high quality or character for its own sake, not with reference to another. Competition is the striving for something that is sought by another at the same time. Emulation regards the abstract, competition the concrete; rivalry is the same in essential meaning with competition, but differs in the nature of the objects contested for, which, in the case of rivalry, are usually of the nobler sort and less subject to direct gaging, measurement, and rule. We speak of competition in business, emulation in scholarship, rivalry in love, politics, etc.; emulation of excellence, success, achievement; competition for a prize; rivalry between persons or nations. Competition may be friendly, rivalry is commonly hostile. Opposition is becoming a frequent substitute for competition in business language; it implies that the competitor is an opponent and hinderer.

   Synonyms:
   ambition, aspiration, competition, emulation, rivalry

   Antonyms:
   carelessness, contentment, humility, indifference, satisfaction

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. opposition

   Synonyms:
   resistance, hostility, obstacle, obstruction

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:4.0 / 3 votes

1. resistance, oppositionnoun

   the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with

   "he encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizens"; "despite opposition from the newspapers he went ahead"

   Synonyms:
   underground, foe, resistivity, opposite, confrontation, immunity, enemy, ohmic resistance, resistance, foeman, electrical resistance, opponent, impedance, electric resistance, resistor, oppositeness

2. opposition, oppositenessnoun

   the relation between opposed entities

   Synonyms:
   confrontation, foeman, resistance, foe, oppositeness, opposite, enemy, opponent

3. confrontation, oppositionnoun

   the act of hostile groups opposing each other

   "the government was not ready for a confrontation with the unions"; "the invaders encountered stiff opposition"

   Synonyms:
   confrontation, encounter, face-off, showdown, foeman, resistance, foe, oppositeness, opposite, enemy, opponent

4. opposition, opponent, oppositenoun

   a contestant that you are matched against

   Synonyms:
   foe, opposite, contrary, confrontation, enemy, opposer, resistance, foeman, antagonist, opponent, reverse, adversary, inverse, opposite word, antonym, resister, oppositeness

5. oppositionnoun

   a body of people united in opposing something

   Synonyms:
   confrontation, foeman, resistance, foe, oppositeness, opposite, enemy, opponent

6. oppositionnoun

   a direction opposite to another

   Synonyms:
   confrontation, foeman, resistance, foe, oppositeness, opposite, enemy, opponent

7. enemy, foe, foeman, oppositionnoun

   an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force)

   "a soldier must be prepared to kill his enemies"

   Synonyms:
   resistance, foeman, foe, oppositeness, opposite, enemy, confrontation, opponent

8. Oppositionnoun

   the major political party opposed to the party in office and prepared to replace it if elected

   "Her Majesty's loyal opposition"

   Synonyms:
   confrontation, foeman, resistance, foe, oppositeness, opposite, enemy, opponent

Matched Categories

1. • Adversary
   • Body
   • Contestant
   • Direction
   • Military
   • Party
   • Relation
   • Resistance

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. oppositionnoun

   Synonyms:
   contrariety, repugnance, diversity, inconsistency

2. oppositionnoun

   Synonyms:
   counteraction, hostility, resistance

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. oppositionnoun

   Synonyms:
   resistance, counteraction, hostility, repulse, rebuff, recalcitration, counterview, antagonism, contradiction, obstacle, impediment, obstruction

   Antonyms:
   acquiescence, non-resistance, concurrence, agreement

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1. List of paraphrases for "opposition":

   objection, opposing, opposer, resistance, uto, contrast, oppose, opponent, dissent, exhibitions, opposed, rejection, opposes, fairs, disagreement

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1. Maamoun Abdulkarim:

   Our job is scientific, it is professional, it is for all Syrians, we don't have two cultural heritages, one for the government and one for the opposition army or the political opposition. We have one cultural heritage for all Syrians, for humanity.

2. Jill Stein:

   We thought that where requests were made that violated basic constitutional protections, that wasn't a good idea, not for anybody, and we did not want to be part of setting a precedent that intrudes further on our civil liberties, legitimate concerns about interference in our election should not be twisted into a campaign of censorship, war-mongering and political intimidation against opposition to the bipartisan establishment.

3. Sam Rainsy:

   Since people eat noodles all over the country, Hun Sen may first accuse them of being opposition supporters, but after seeing such a tide, so many people joining the noodle parties, Hun Sen said no, we cannot stop these noodle parties. If you cant beat them, join them.

4. Roy Moore:

   We started to forget God and where our strength came from, we have forgotten that faith upon which we are founded. My opposition has always been about my acknowledgment of God.

5. Rachel Maddow:

   I do think the importance of response - the opposition party response to the State of the Union is whether anybody notices what's in it. And I do think in this case, no disrespect intended to Governor Reynolds, but I do n’t think anybody is going to remember anything from the speech, it’s gon na be a night that’s remembered for the president’s speech, not for the Republican response.