Opposition

//ˌɑ.pəˈzɪʃ.ən//

Synonyms for "opposition" (328 found)

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Strong matches (98)

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Noun(4 words)

confrontation contravention enemy foe

Related words (164)

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incongruity inconsistency inconsonance indignation indisposedness indisposition indocility inequality inharmoniousness inharmony inhibition inimicalness interference interruption intractableness irreconcilability jarring kick lack of enthusiasm lack of zeal let likening low estimation low opinion matching metaphor minority opinion mixture mutinousness negation negativism nolition nonagreement nonassent nonconcurrence nonconformity nonconsent noncooperation nuisance value objection obstinacy obstruction obstructionism occlusion odds opponent opposed opposing opposing party opposite camp oppositeness opposure oppugnance oppugnancy ostracism other side otherness parallelism passive resistance perfunctoriness perverseness perversity polar opposition polarity polarization posing against proportion protest reaction rebuff rebuttal recalcitrance recalcitrancy recalcitration recoil recusance recusancy refractoriness refusal rejection relation reluctance remonstrance renitence renitency repellence repellency repercussion repression repudiation repugnance repulse repulsion restraint restriction retardation retardment revolt rival secession separateness setback showdown simile similitude slowness squeeze stand stranglehold stricture stubbornness sulk sulkiness sulks sullenness suppression swimming upstream the loyal opposition the opposition thumbs down thumbs-down tolerance trope of comparison unconformity uncooperativeness undercurrent underground unenthusiasm unfriendliness unhappiness unharmoniousness unlikeness unorthodoxy unwillingness variance variation variegation variety weighing withdrawal withstanding

Noun(3 words)

opponent opposite resistance

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8 relation types

More general

13 entries

action adversary antagonist body contestant direction opponent opposer party political party relation resistance resister

Antonyms

3 entries

ally apposition support

Synonyms

3 entries

confrontation enemy resistance

dbpedia genre

2 entries

new wave music post punk

derived

15 entries

His Majesty's Opposition antiopposition controlled opposition counter-opposition counteropposition leader of the opposition nonopposition opposition parry opposition research oppositional oppositionism oppositionist political opposition reopposition square of opposition

has context

5 entries

astronomy chess legal logic politics

is a

6 entries

band body contestant direction party relation

related to

37 entries

antagonism antimony battles conflict contrariety contrasting counteraction counterinfluence enemy government hindrance hostility inconsistency intellectual property interested party king

Showing 16 of 37 words.

Translations

175 translations across 72 languages.

Albanian

1 entries

opozitë noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

ἀντίθεσις noun (action of opposing; being in conflict)

Arabic

4 entries

تَنَاقُضْ noun (logic)
مقابلة noun (astronomy)
مُعَارَضَة noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)
مُقَاوَمَة noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)

Armenian

2 entries

ընդդիմություն noun (action of opposing; being in conflict)
ընդդիմություն noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

müxalifət noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)
qarşıdurma noun (astronomy)

Belarusian

2 entries

апазы́цыя noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)
апазі́цыя noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)

Bengali

4 entries

প্রতিপক্ষ noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)
প্রতিবন্ধকতা noun (legal: proceeding to prevent registration of a trademark or patent)
বিপক্ষ noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)
বিপরীত noun (opposite or contrasting position)

Bulgarian

4 entries

опози́ция noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)
противополо́жност noun (opposite or contrasting position)
противопоста́вяне noun (action of opposing; being in conflict)
противостоя́ние noun (astronomy)

Burmese

1 entries

အတိုက်အခံ noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)

Catalan

3 entries

oposició noun (action of opposing; being in conflict)
oposició noun (action of opposing; being in conflict)
oposició noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)

Cebuano

1 entries

oposisyon noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

反對 /反对 noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)
反對派 /反对派 noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)
在野黨 /在野党 noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)
對立 /对立 noun (action of opposing; being in conflict)

Czech

1 entries

opozice noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)

Danish

1 entries

opposition noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)

Dutch

2 entries

oppositie noun (opposite or contrasting position)
oppositie noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)

Estonian

1 entries

opositsioon noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)

Finnish

4 entries

kiistäminen noun (legal: proceeding to prevent registration of a trademark or patent)
oppositio noun (astronomy)
oppositio noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)
oppositio noun (chess)

French

2 entries

opposition noun (astronomy)
opposition noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)

Georgian

1 entries

ოპოზიცია noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)

German

2 entries

Opposition noun (astronomy)
Opposition noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)

Greek

4 entries

αντίθεση noun (opposite or contrasting position)
αντίθεση noun (astronomy)
αντιπολίτευση noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)
εναντίωση noun (action of opposing; being in conflict)

Haitian Creole

1 entries

opozisyon noun (action of opposing; being in conflict)

Hausa

1 entries

hamayya noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)

Hebrew

2 entries

אוֹפּוֹזִיצְיָה noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)
הִתְנַגְּדוּת noun (action of opposing; being in conflict)

Hindi

3 entries

प्रातिपक्ष noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)
विमुखता noun (astronomy)
विरोध noun (action of opposing; being in conflict)

Hungarian

4 entries

ellenkezés noun (action of opposing; being in conflict)
ellenszegülés noun (action of opposing; being in conflict)
ellenzék noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)
ellenzés noun (action of opposing; being in conflict)

Indonesian

1 entries

oposisi noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)

Irish

1 entries

urchomhaireacht noun (astronomy)

Italian

3 entries

opposizione noun (action of opposing; being in conflict)
opposizione noun (astronomy)
opposizione noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)

Japanese

4 entries

反対 noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)
在野党 noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)
対抗 noun (action of opposing; being in conflict)
衝 noun (astronomy)

Kazakh

4 entries

оппозиция noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)
қарама-қайшылық noun (action of opposing; being in conflict)
қарама-қарсы келу noun (astronomy)
қарсылық noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)

Khmer

1 entries

គណបក្សប្រឆាំង noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)

Korean

3 entries

반대 noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)
야당 noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)
재야당 noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)

Kyrgyz

2 entries

каршылык noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)
оппозиция noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)

Lao

2 entries

ຝ່າຍຄ້ານ noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)
ພັກຝ່າຍຄ້ານ noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)

Latin

1 entries

oppositiō noun (action of opposing; being in conflict)

Latvian

1 entries

opozīcija noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)

Lithuanian

1 entries

opozicija noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)

Macedonian

1 entries

опозиција noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)

Malay

1 entries

pembangkang noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)

Middle English

1 entries

adversite noun (action of opposing; being in conflict)

Māori

3 entries

mautohetanga noun (action of opposing; being in conflict)
āpitihana noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)
ātetenga noun (action of opposing; being in conflict)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries

mixalefet noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)
opozisyon noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries

opposisjon noun (action of opposing; being in conflict)
opposisjon noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)
opposisjonsparti noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)

Norwegian Nynorsk

3 entries

opposisjon noun (action of opposing; being in conflict)
opposisjon noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)
opposisjonsparti noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)

Occitan

2 entries

oposicion noun (action of opposing; being in conflict)
oposicion noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)

Pashto

1 entries

مخالفت noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)

Persian

3 entries

اُپوزیسْیون noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)
مقابله noun (astronomy)
مُخالِفَت noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)

Polish

4 entries

opozycja noun (action of opposing; being in conflict)
opozycja noun (astronomy)
opozycja noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)
opozycja noun (chess)

Portuguese

2 entries

oposição noun (action of opposing; being in conflict)
oposição noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)

Punjabi

1 entries

ਵਿਪੱਖ noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)

Romanian

4 entries

opoziție noun (action of opposing; being in conflict)
opoziție noun (astronomy)
opoziție noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)
opunere noun (action of opposing; being in conflict)

Russian

4 entries

оппози́ция noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)
противоде́йствие noun (action of opposing; being in conflict)
противополо́жность noun (opposite or contrasting position)
противостоя́ние noun (action of opposing; being in conflict)

Sanskrit

1 entries

युद्ध noun (astronomy)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

opozícija noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)
опози́ција noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)

Slovak

1 entries

opozícia noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)

Slovene

1 entries

opozicija noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)

Spanish

1 entries

oposición noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)

Swedish

4 entries

motstånd noun (action of opposing; being in conflict)
opposition noun (action of opposing; being in conflict)
opposition noun (opposite or contrasting position)
opposition noun (astronomy)

Tagalog

2 entries

oposisyon noun (action of opposing; being in conflict)
oposisyon noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)

Tajik

2 entries

мухолифат noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)
оппозитсия noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)

Tamil

3 entries

எதிர் noun (opposite or contrasting position)
எதிர்க்கட்சி noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)
எதிர்ப்பு noun (action of opposing; being in conflict)

Telugu

1 entries

ప్రతిపక్షము noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)

Thai

2 entries

ฝ่ายค้าน noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)
พรรคฝ่ายค้าน noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)

Turkish

4 entries

karşıt noun (opposite or contrasting position)
karşıtlık noun (action of opposing; being in conflict)
karşıtlık noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)
muhalefet noun (action of opposing; being in conflict)

Turkmen

1 entries

oppozisiýa noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)

Ukrainian

4 entries

опози́ція noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)
протиді́я noun (action of opposing; being in conflict)
протиле́жність noun (opposite or contrasting position)
протистоя́ння noun (action of opposing; being in conflict)

Urdu

2 entries

مُخالِفَت noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)
مُقابلہ noun (astronomy)

Uyghur

1 entries

قارشىلىق noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)

Uzbek

4 entries

muxolafat noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)
muxolifat noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)
oppozitsiya noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)
qarshilik noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)

Vietnamese

2 entries

đảng đối lập noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)
đối lập noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)

Yiddish

2 entries

אָפּאָזיציע noun (politics: party or movement opposed to government)
קאַפּויערקייט noun (opposite or contrasting position)

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

There is certain to be some opposition to your suggestion.

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The proposal met with opposition.

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They carried on with the construction in the face of strong opposition from the residents.

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The plan met with opposition from the inhabitants.

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Opposition

Synonyms for "opposition" (328 found)

Closest matches (66)

Strong matches (98)

Related words (164)

Related word relations

More general

Antonyms

Synonyms

dbpedia genre

derived

has context

is a

related to

Translations

Albanian

Ancient Greek

Arabic

Armenian

Azerbaijani

Belarusian

Bengali

Bulgarian

Burmese

Catalan

Cebuano

Chinese Mandarin

Czech

Danish

Dutch

Estonian

Finnish

French

Georgian

German

Greek

Haitian Creole

Hausa

Hebrew

Hindi

Hungarian

Indonesian

Irish

Italian

Japanese

Kazakh

Khmer

Korean

Kyrgyz

Lao

Latin

Latvian

Lithuanian

Macedonian

Malay

Middle English

Māori

Northern Kurdish

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Nynorsk

Occitan

Pashto

Persian

Polish

Portuguese

Punjabi

Romanian

Russian

Sanskrit

Serbo-Croatian

Slovak

Slovene

Spanish

Swedish

Tagalog

Tajik

Tamil

Telugu

Thai

Turkish