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Synonyms for go against
go against
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Princeton's WordNet
violate, go against, breakverb
fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns
"This sentence violates the rules of syntax"
Synonyms:
crack, break away, give way, soften, reveal, give out, unwrap, conk out, part, plunder, collapse, disclose, die, transgress, founder, weaken, rape, outrage, discover, snap off, stop, go, demote, break out, separate, split, give away, damp, smash, interrupt, spoil, offend, get out, fracture, relegate, ravish, violate, divulge, pause, assault, get around, wear out, cave in, let on, buck, break-dance, desecrate, check, break up, breach, break in, give, split up, dishonour, better, burst, go bad, break off, dishonor, bust, erupt, bring out, recrudesce, break dance, dampen, fall in, bump, let out, ruin, fall apart, kick downstairs, profane, break down, infract, fail, come apart, bankrupt, develop, expose, break, discontinue, despoil, intermit, weartransgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, breakverb
act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
"offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"; "break a promise"
Synonyms:
crack, break away, plunder, soften, reveal, give out, unwrap, conk out, spite, part, collapse, disclose, die, transgress, ruin, founder, weaken, rape, outrage, discover, trespass, snap off, stop, go, demote, wear out, break out, separate, split, give away, damp, smash, interrupt, spoil, offend, appal, wound, overstep, relegate, bring out, violate, hurt, divulge, pause, break-dance, assault, get around, ravish, cave in, let on, buck, pique, desecrate, check, break up, breach, break in, give, split up, dishonour, better, gap, burst, injure, break off, dishonor, bust, erupt, bruise, recrudesce, break dance, dampen, fall in, bump, let out, scandalise, fall apart, kick downstairs, scandalize, profane, fracture, break down, shock, infract, fail, come apart, bankrupt, develop, give way, sin, expose, break, go bad, discontinue, despoil, intermit, get out, appall, wearbuck, go againstverb
resist
"buck the trend"
Synonyms:
violate, buck, jerk, shoot down, tear, offend, charge, infract, break, hitch, shoot, transgress, breach
Matched Categories
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#123 | go | |
#207 | part | |
#272 | check | |
#495 | better | |
#555 | give | |
#1038 | stop | |
#1453 | charge | |
#1482 | develop | |
#1605 | rape | |
#1618 | break | |
#1763 | die | |
#2228 | separate | |
#2636 | fail | |
#2664 | wear | |
#2995 | discover | |
#3684 | split | |
#3994 | sin | |
#4114 | gap | |
#4224 | crack | |
#4602 | shock | |
#5093 | hurt | |
#5175 | shoot | |
#5672 | founder | |
#6171 | assault | |
#7052 | collapse | |
#7124 | reveal | |
#8285 | buck | |
#9001 | breach | |
#9117 | wound | |
#9356 | tear | |
#9419 | disclose | |
#9876 | burst | |
#9954 | unwrap | |
#10588 | bump | |
#10611 | pause | |
#10713 | bust | |
#10782 | spite | |
#11623 | interrupt | |
#12366 | expose | |
#12746 | violate | |
#13346 | smash | |
#14164 | ruin | |
#14556 | jerk | |
#14594 | hitch | |
#14595 | fracture | |
#18220 | damp | |
#20114 | outrage | |
#21436 | spoil | |
#21898 | bankrupt | |
#22808 | discontinue | |
#23039 | offend | |
#25411 | weaken | |
#30385 | soften | |
#32543 | profane | |
#33365 | trespass | |
#33441 | pique | |
#34306 | injure | |
#37254 | plunder | |
#42688 | divulge | |
#45961 | bruise | |
#51445 | dampen | |
#53129 | erupt | |
#59800 | dishonor | |
#92722 | dishonour | |
#98708 | transgress | |
#108826 | demote | |
#109510 | relegate | |
#132871 | desecrate | |
#151654 | ravish | |
#164683 | overstep | |
#216390 | appal | |
#228192 | despoil | |
#290491 | appall | |
#318728 | intermit |
How to use go against in a sentence?
Sometimes one has to go against what is proper in order to do what is right
As a Catholic, I'm against abortion, but ideally the Church would allow more options for women who want to prevent getting pregnant in the first place, it feels like we have little protection against Zika, that government efforts to stop it are not working, so those of us too scared to get pregnant with this illness out there have no other option but to go against the Church.
We have neither banned nor promoted poppy cultivation, we don't ban poppy cultivation because banning the crops means going against poor local people and it is not the right time for us go against our people.
A dead thing goes with the stream. Only a living thing can go against it.
It's way better feeling if you go against him (Nadal) and know that you've beaten him already on this surface, but it's the ultimate challenge for everybody to play against him.
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