opposition

opposition is a 10-letter English word with 14 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of opposing; an attempt to check, restrain, or defeat; resistance. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 17 · 14 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of opposing; an attempt to check, restrain, or defeat; resistance.
2. noun. The state of being placed over against; situation so as to front something else.
3. noun. Repugnance; contrariety of sentiment, interest, or purpose; antipathy.
4. noun. That which opposes; an obstacle; specifically, the aggregate of persons or things opposing; hence, in politics and parliamentary practice, the party opposed to the party in power.
5. noun. The situation of a heavenly body with respect to another when in the part of the heavens directly opposite to it; especially, the position of a planet or satellite when its longitude differs from that of the sun 180�; -- signified by the symbol /; as, / / /, opposition of Jupiter to the sun.
6. noun. The relation between two propositions when, having the same subject and predicate, they differ in quantity, or in quality, or in both; or between two propositions which have the same matter but a different form.
7. noun. the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with

   "he encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizens"

   "despite opposition from the newspapers he went ahead"

   Synonyms: resistance

8. noun. the act of hostile groups opposing each other

   "the government was not ready for a confrontation with the unions"

   "the invaders encountered stiff opposition"

   Synonyms: confrontation

9. noun. a body of people united in opposing something
10. noun. the major political party opposed to the party in office and prepared to replace it if elected

    "Her Majesty's loyal opposition"

11. noun. an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force)

    "a soldier must be prepared to kill his enemies"

    Synonyms: enemy, foe, foeman

12. noun. a contestant that you are matched against

    Synonyms: opponent, opposite

13. noun. a direction opposite to another
14. noun. the relation between opposed entities

    Synonyms: oppositeness

Synonyms

resistance, confrontation, enemy, foe, foeman, opponent, opposite, oppositeness

Common word forms

oppositions, oppositional, oppositionless

Words from these letters

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