'opposing' definitions:
Definition of 'opposing'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Characterized by active hostility; "opponent (or opposing) armies" [syn: opponent, opposing]
Synonyms of 'opposing'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abjuratory,
- abnegative,
- adversary,
- adversative,
- adverse,
- adversive,
- against,
- alien,
- alienated,
- allegory,
- analogy,
- antagonistic,
- anteposition,
- anti,
- antiestablishment,
- antipathetic,
- antipodal,
- antithesis,
- antithetic,
- antithetical,
- antonymous,
- at cross-purposes,
- at odds with,
- at variance with,
- balancing,
- breakaway,
- bucking,
- challenge,
- clashing,
- comparative anatomy,
- comparative degree,
- comparative grammar,
- comparative judgment,
- comparative linguistics,
- comparative literature,
- comparative method,
- compare,
- comparing,
- comparison,
- compensating,
- competitive,
- con,
- conflicting,
- confrontation,
- confronting,
- confrontment,
- contention,
- contradicting,
- contradiction,
- contradictory,
- contradistinct,
- contraposition,
- contrapositive,
- contrariety,
- contrarious,
- contrary,
- contrast,
- contrasted,
- contrasting,
- contrastiveness,
- contravention,
- contraversion,
- converse,
- correlation,
- counter,
- counter-culture,
- counteractant,
- counteracting,
- counteraction,
- counteractive,
- counterbalancing,
- counterpoised,
- countervailing,
- counterworking,
- cranky,
- cross,
- crosscurrent,
- crossing,
- crotchety,
- dead against,
- denial,
- denying,
- detrimental,
- differing,
- difficult,
- disaccordant,
- disaffirming,
- disagreeing,
- disallowing,
- disappointed,
- disapprobatory,
- disapproving,
- disavowing,
- disclaiming,
- discontented,
- discordant,
- discrepant,
- disenchanted,
- disgruntled,
- disillusioned,
- disowning,
- displeased,
- dissatisfied,
- dissentient,
- dissenting,
- dissident,
- distinction,
- distinctiveness,
- enemy,
- eyeball to eyeball,
- eyeball-to-eyeball,
- facing,
- fractious,
- fronting,
- hard,
- harmful,
- head wind,
- hostile,
- hostility,
- impugnation,
- impugnment,
- in opposition,
- incompatible,
- inconsistent,
- indignant,
- inimical,
- inverse,
- irreconcilable,
- likening,
- low,
- matching,
- metaphor,
- miserable,
- negation,
- negative,
- negatory,
- nonconforming,
- nonconformist,
- noncooperative,
- not easy,
- obstinate,
- obverse,
- opponent,
- opposed,
- opposite,
- opposition,
- oppositional,
- oppositive,
- opposure,
- oppugnant,
- oppugnation,
- overthwart,
- parallelism,
- perverse,
- polar,
- polar opposition,
- polaric,
- polarity,
- polarization,
- polarized,
- poor,
- posing against,
- proportion,
- reactionary,
- rebutment,
- rebuttal,
- recalcitrant,
- recanting,
- recusant,
- refractory,
- refusal,
- rejection,
- relation,
- renitent,
- renunciative,
- renunciatory,
- repudiative,
- repugnant,
- resistance,
- resistant,
- reverse,
- revocative,
- revocatory,
- revolutionary,
- rigorous,
- rival,
- sectarian,
- sectary,
- simile,
- similitude,
- sinister,
- squared off,
- standing against,
- stressful,
- traversal,
- trope of comparison,
- troublesome,
- troublous,
- trying,
- turned-off,
- unappreciative,
- unapproving,
- uncomplimentary,
- uncooperative,
- undercurrent,
- underground,
- unfavorable,
- unfriendly,
- unhappy,
- unpropitious,
- untoward,
- weighing,
- wretched