Dictionary Entry
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
- 1noun
The act of opposing; an attempt to check, restrain, or defeat; resistance.
- 2noun
The state of being placed over against; situation so as to front something else.
- 3noun
Repugnance; contrariety of sentiment, interest, or purpose; antipathy.
- 4noun
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.
- 5noun
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.
- 6noun
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.
- 7noun
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
- 8noun
the act of hostile groups opposing each other
"the government was not ready for a confrontation with the unions"
"the invaders encountered stiff opposition"
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- 9noun
a body of people united in opposing something
- 10noun
the major political party opposed to the party in office and prepared to replace it if elected
"Her Majesty's loyal opposition"
- 11noun
an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force)
"a soldier must be prepared to kill his enemies"
- 12noun
a contestant that you are matched against
- 13noun
a direction opposite to another
- 14noun
the relation between opposed entities
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