Opposition

Noun

 * 1)  The apparent relative position of two celestial bodies when one is at an angle of 180 degrees from the other as seen from the Earth.
 * 2) The action of opposing or of being in conflict.
 * 3) An opposite or contrasting position.
 * 4) An opponent in some form of competition.
 * 5)  A political party opposed to the party or government in power.
 * 6)  In United States intellectual property law, a proceeding in which an interested party seeks to prevent the registration of a trademark or patent.

Antonyms

 * apposition

Adjectives for Opposition
cantankerous;  uncompromising;   radical; persistent; violent; reasonable; serious; determined; slow; powerful; considerable; downright; vigorous; astounding; avowed; rousing; direct; positive; liberal; open; strenuous; peevish; fictitious; bitter; stiffer; virulent; diametric; premature; filibusterng; striking; skillful; bloody; fatal; malicious; ticklish; seditious; scholarly; vindictive; parliamentary; frightful; continual; redoubtable; brawling; vain; fierce.

Verbs for Opposition
align with—; antagonize—; anticipate—; batter down—; brook—; browbeat—; confront—; deter—; dispel—; encounter—; incite to—; manifest—; mow down—; mystify—; overcome—; persevere against—; provoke to—; pummel—; raise—; revive—; stimulate—; stir—; vanquish—; —clamors; —melts away; —stiffens.

Thesaurus
adversary, adversity, agreement to disagree, alienation, allegory, analogy, antagonism, antagonist, antagonistic, anteposition, antipathy, antithesis, antithetical, apostasy, argumentation, arrest, arrestation, arrestment, assailant, at daggers drawn, averseness, aversion, backlash, backwardness, balancing, ban, blackball, blackballing, blockage, blocking, challenge, check, clashing, clogging, closing up, closure, collision, combatant, combative reaction, comparative anatomy, comparative degree, comparative grammar, comparative judgment, comparative linguistics, comparative literature, comparative method, compare, comparing, comparison, competing, competition, competitive, competitor, complaint, con, conflict, conflicting, confrontation, confrontment, confutation, constriction, contention, contradiction, contradistinction, contraindication, contraposition, contrariety, contrast, contrastiveness, controversy, correlation, counter-culture, counteraction, counterposition, counterworking, cramp, crankiness, cross-purposes, crotchetiness, cursoriness, defiance, delay, demur, departure, detainment, detention, deviation, difference, dim view, disaccord, disaccordance, disagreement, disappointment, disapprobation, disapproval, disconformity, discongruity, discontent, discontentedness, discontentment, discord, discordance, discordancy, discrepancy, discreteness, disenchantment, disesteem, disfavor, disgruntlement, disharmony, disillusion, disillusionment, disinclination, disobedience, disparity, displeasure, dispute, disrelish, disrespect, dissatisfaction, dissension, dissent, dissentience, dissidence, dissimilarity, dissonance, distaste, distinction, distinctiveness, distinctness, disunion, disunity, divergence, divergency, diversity, dropping out, enemy, exclusion, faction, far cry, fixation, flak, foe, foeman, foot-dragging, fractiousness, friction, grudging consent, grudgingness, hampering, heterogeneity, hindering, hindrance, holdback, holdup, hostile, hostility, impediment, in opposition, inaccordance, incompatibility, 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, recalcitrance, recalcitrancy, recalcitration, recoil, recusance, recusancy, refractoriness, refusal, rejection, relation, reluctance, renitence, renitency, repellence, repellency, repercussion, repression, repudiation, repugnance, repulse, repulsion, resistance, 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, trope of comparison, unconformity, uncooperativeness, underground, unenthusiasm, unfriendliness, unhappiness, unharmoniousness, unlikeness, unorthodoxy, unwillingness, variance, variation, variegation, variety, weighing, withdrawal, withstanding

Etymology
From oposicion: (whence  opposition:), from   oppositio: (translating Greek ἀντίθεσις:), from the past participle stem of classical  opponere:.

Translations

 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian: szembenállás


 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Romanian: opoziție
 * Russian:


 * Catalan: oposició
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 對立, 对立
 * Finnish: vastustus, vastarinta
 * Hungarian: ellenkezés, ellenszegülés, ellenzés
 * Italian:


 * Romanian: opoziție, împotrivire, opunere
 * Russian: ,
 * Turkish: ,


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:


 * Russian:
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 * Catalan: oposició
 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian: ellenfél
 * Romanian: oponent


 * Russian: ,
 * Swahili: mpinzani
 * Turkish:


 * Catalan: oposició
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , 在野黨, 在野党
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:


 * Hungarian: ellenzék
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Romanian: opoziție
 * Russian:
 * Turkish:


 * : opozicio

Noun
opposition



Noun

 * 1) opposition

Etymology
Borrowed from post-classical oppositio: (translating Greek ἀντίθεσις:), from the past participle stem of classical  opponere:.