Antonyms for Opposition
ˌɒp əˈzɪʃ ənop·po·si·tion

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1. opposition

   Aspiration is the desire for excellence, pure and simple. Ambition, literally a going around to solicit votes, has primary reference to the award or approval of others, and is the eager desire of power, fame, or something deemed great and eminent, and viewed as a worthy prize. The prizes of aspiration are virtue, nobility, skill, or other high qualities. The prizes of ambition are advancement, fame, honor, and the like. There is a noble and wise or an ignoble, selfish, and harmful ambition. Emulation is not so much to win any excellence or success for itself as to equal or surpass other persons. There is such a thing as a noble emulation, when those we would equal or surpass are noble, and the means we would use worthy. But, at the highest, emulation is inferior as a motive to aspiration, which seeks the high quality or character for its own sake, not with reference to another. Competition is the striving for something that is sought by another at the same time. Emulation regards the abstract, competition the concrete; rivalry is the same in essential meaning with competition, but differs in the nature of the objects contested for, which, in the case of rivalry, are usually of the nobler sort and less subject to direct gaging, measurement, and rule. We speak of competition in business, emulation in scholarship, rivalry in love, politics, etc.; emulation of excellence, success, achievement; competition for a prize; rivalry between persons or nations. Competition may be friendly, rivalry is commonly hostile. Opposition is becoming a frequent substitute for competition in business language; it implies that the competitor is an opponent and hinderer.

   Antonyms:
   carelessness, contentment, humility, indifference, satisfaction

   Synonyms:
   ambition, aspiration, competition, emulation, rivalry

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1. opposition

   Synonyms:
   resistance, hostility, obstacle, obstruction

Matched Categories

1. • Adversary
   • Body
   • Contestant
   • Direction
   • Military
   • Party
   • Relation
   • Resistance

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:4.0 / 3 votes

1. resistance, oppositionnoun

   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:
   underground, foe, resistivity, opposite, confrontation, immunity, enemy, ohmic resistance, resistance, foeman, electrical resistance, opponent, impedance, electric resistance, opposition, resistor, oppositeness

2. opposition, oppositenessnoun

   the relation between opposed entities

   Synonyms:
   confrontation, foeman, resistance, foe, oppositeness, opposite, enemy, opposition, opponent

3. confrontation, oppositionnoun

   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, encounter, face-off, showdown, foeman, resistance, foe, oppositeness, opposite, enemy, opposition, opponent

4. opposition, opponent, oppositenoun

   a contestant that you are matched against

   Synonyms:
   foe, opposite, contrary, confrontation, enemy, opposer, resistance, foeman, antagonist, opponent, reverse, adversary, opposition, inverse, opposite word, antonym, resister, oppositeness

5. oppositionnoun

   a body of people united in opposing something

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

6. oppositionnoun

   a direction opposite to another

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

7. enemy, foe, foeman, oppositionnoun

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

   "a soldier must be prepared to kill his enemies"

   Synonyms:
   resistance, foeman, foe, oppositeness, opposite, enemy, confrontation, opposition, opponent

8. Oppositionnoun

   the major political party opposed to the party in office and prepared to replace it if elected

   "Her Majesty's loyal opposition"

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

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1. oppositionnoun

   Antonyms:
   acquiescence, non-resistance, concurrence, agreement

   Synonyms:
   resistance, counteraction, hostility, repulse, rebuff, recalcitration, counterview, antagonism, contradiction, obstacle, impediment, obstruction

How to use Opposition in a sentence?

1. David Damore:

   What's going on with voting rights is clearly linked to all this as well, if you make it more difficult for your opposition to participate in the election, that's going to help you in the short run as well.

2. Mike Sebalu:

   It appears as if our message that Uganda should maintain its path of steady progress for all, and not risk an untried and untested opposition, has resonated with the majority of Ugandan voters.

3. Helen Blandin:

   We know where the evil is coming from. This is war from the opposition, but I am loyal to my revolution. Even if they call us ignorant, even if they call us stupid, it doesn't matter.

4. Political Affairs Tom Shannon:

   The hope (is) that this can be used not only to address political differences but also to create a platform from which both the government and the opposition can ask for help from the international community to address some of the very significant crises that Venezuela faces now, it is up to the two parties to determine whether or not the facilitators are the right ones. Our view is that they are at this point.

5. John Boehner:

   We're going to make it clear to the president that we're listening to the American people, who want us to work together on their priorities, and their priorities have to do with the economy and jobs, we hope he'll start to listen, too, and reconsider his opposition to some of our jobs bills.

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