- oppose
- v1. confront, face, encounter; resist, defy, withstand, repulse, repel, Archaic. reluct, recalcitrate; counteract, contravene, neutralize, cancel, militate against, countervail.2. attack, assault, assail, collide with, clash with, combat, contest, strive against, contend with or against, cope with, struggle with or against, antagonize; battle, joust, tilt, enter the lists, tourney, cross swords; box, spar, wrestle, fence, duel, thrust and parry, come to blows, bandy blows; skirmish, jostle, scuffle, grapple or close with; fight, war on, make war, march against.3. hinder, obstruct, impede, block, check, curb, restrain, restrict, inhibit, interfere, barricade, debar; thwart, foil, frustrate, cross, traverse, Scot. thraw; prevent, forbid, prohibit, proscribe, veto, interdict, embargo, blockade, bar, preclude.4. contradict, dispute, refute, controvert, repugn, oppugn; protest, take issue with, take exception to, take a stand against; side against, join issue.5. compare, contrast, offset, balance, counterbalance, set against, pit against; equate with, parallel, match, correspond; set off, foil.
A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.