opposing

opposing
I
(Roget's IV) modif.
1. [In the act of opposition]
Syn. conflicting, clashing, combating, fending, objecting, disagreeing, exposing, disputing, denying, protesting, controverting, crossing, gainsaying, battling, confronting, reversing, neutralizing, facing, stemming, meeting, breasting, withstanding, repelling, defending, resisting, counteracting, outflanking, in defiance of, at variance, at cross-purposes, in disagreement with, in opposition to, at loggerheads*, at odds*, on the outs*, with daggers drawn*.
Ant. helping*, agreeing, defending.
2. [Belonging to the opposition or constituting the opposition]
Syn. inimical, antonymous, hostile, adverse, antithetical, antithetic, obstructive, recalcitrant, antagonistic, conflicting, calumniating, competitive, rival, aspiring, contesting, defensive, resistive, resistant, challenging, disputative, litigative, defying, unfavorable, sinister, contradictory; see also unfriendly .
Ant. friendly*, favorable, allied.
3. [Situated opposite]
Syn. contrary, facing, fronting; see opposite 3 .
n.
Syn. opposition, denial, contest; see fight 1 , opposition 1 .
II
(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Acting against or in opposition: adversarial, adverse, antagonistic, antipathetic, opposed, oppositional. See SUPPORT. 2. Diametrically opposed: antipodal, antipodean, antithetical, antonymic, antonymous, contradictory, contrary, converse2, counter, diametric, diametrical, opposite, polar, reverse. See SUPPORT.

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