Oppositional

Synonyms for "oppositional" (100 found)

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Closest matches (20)

adversary adversative adverse adversive alien antagonistic anti antipathetic antithetic antithetical antonymousat cross purposesat cross-purposesbalancing breakaway clashing compensating

Adjective(2 words)

atheistic bolshie

Verb(1 words)

clashed

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cranky cross crotchetydead againstdisaccordant

Adjective(3 words)

contrarycontrary todefiant

Verb(1 words)

controverting

Noun(1 words)

denying

Related words (50)

discordant discrepant dissentient dissident enemyeyeball to eyeballfractious hostile inconsistent inimical inverse negative nonconformist noncooperative obstinate obverse opponent opposed opposing opposite

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oppositive oppugnant overthwart perverse reactionary recalcitrant refractory renitent repugnant resistant reverse revolutionary rivalsquared offuncooperative unfavorable unfriendly unpropitious

Adjective(7 words)

disobedient dissenting insubordinate opposing rebellious resistant resistive

Noun(5 words)

naysayingnot cooperativeopposing forcesprotesting resisting

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More general

6 entries

argument featurebehavioral disorderbehavioral traitlinguistic featurepersonality traitpsychiatric term

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6 entries

contrary viewpointcounterargumentdefiant behaviordisobedient behavioropposing claimoppositional behavior

Collocations

6 entries

oppositional behavioroppositional childoppositional defiant disorderoppositional stanceoppositional temperamentoppositional tendencies

Inflections

2 entries

more oppositionalmost oppositional

Derivations

6 entries

oppose opposed opposer opposition oppositionality oppositionally

Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

And he has brought to oppositional politics the same energy and aggression that characterized his chess, attacking Mr. Putin and the Kremlin — or the regime, as he repeatedly calls it — with language rarely spoken so bluntly in Russia.

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