It would demoralize the opposing team to give it the razz from the spectators' side.
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Opposing
Synonyms for "opposing" (222 found)
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Closest matches (45)
opponentabjuratoryabnegativeadversaryadversativeadverseadversiveagainstalienalienatedallegoryanalogyantagonisticantepositionantiantiestablishmentantipatheticantipodalantithesisantithetic
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antitheticalantonymousat cross purposesat cross-purposesat oddsat odds withat varianceat variance withbalancingbreakawaybuckingchallengeclashingcomparative anatomycomparative degreecomparative grammarcomparative judgmentcomparative linguisticscomparative literaturecomparative methodcomparecomparingcomparisoncompensatingcompetitive
Strong matches (66)
conconflictingconfrontationconfrontingconfrontmentcontentioncontradictingcontradictioncontradictorycontradistinctcontrapositioncontrapositivecontrarietycontrariouscontrarycontrastcontrastedcontrastingcontrastivenesscontravention
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contraversionconversecorrelationcountercounter-culturecounteractantcounteractingcounteractioncounteractivecounterbalancingcounterpoisedcountervailingcounterworkingcrankycrosscrosscurrentcrossingcrotchetydead againstdenialdenyingdestructivedetrimentaldifferingdifficultdisaccordantdisaffirmingdisagreeingdisallowingdisappointeddisapprobatorydisapprovingdisavowingdisclaimingdiscontenteddiscordantdiscrepantdisenchanteddisgruntleddisillusioneddisinclineddisowningdispleaseddissatisfieddissentientdissenting
Related words (111)
dissidentdistinctiondistinctivenessenemyeyeball to eyeballeyeball-to-eyeballfacingfractiousfrontinghardharmfulhead windhostilehostilityimpugnationimpugnmentin oppositionincompatibleinconsistentindignant
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inimicalinverseirreconcilablelikeninglowmatchingmetaphormiserablemixednegationnegativenegatorynonconformingnonconformistnoncooperativenot easyobstinateobverseopposedoppositeoppositionoppositionaloppositiveopposureoppugnantoppugnationoverthwartparallelismperversepolarpolar oppositionpolaricpolaritypolarizationpolarizedpoorposing againstproportionreactionaryrebutmentrebuttalrecalcitrantrecantingrecusantrefractoryrefusalrejectionrelationrenitentrenunciativerenunciatoryrepudiativerepugnantresistanceresistantreverserevocativerevocatoryrevolutionaryrigorousrivalschismaticalsectariansectarysimilesimilitudesinistersquared offstanding againststressfultraversaltrope of comparisontroublesometroubloustryingturned offturned-offunappreciativeunapprovinguncomplimentaryuncooperativeundercurrentundergroundunfavorableunfriendlyunhappyunpropitiousuntowardweighingwretched
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Synonyms
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3 entriesform of
1 entriesrelated to
2 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
6 translations across 3 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- ἀντίθετος adj (that which opposes)
- ἐναντίος adj (that which opposes)
Latin
1 entries- obstitus adj (that which opposes)
Spanish
3 entries- enfrentado adj (that which opposes)
- oponente adj (that which opposes)
- oponiente adj (that which opposes)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
I can't help opposing the marriage.
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I am willing to go on record as opposing nuclear tests.
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The opposing team did not put up much of a fight, so we won hands down.
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