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opposition

English

  1. 🔊 a body of people united in opposing something
  2. 🔊 the major political party opposed to the party in office and prepared to replace it if elected
    “Her Majesty's loyal opposition”
  3. 🔊 a contestant that you are matched against
  4. 🔊 a direction opposite to another
  5. 🔊 the relation between opposed entities
  6. 🔊 the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with
    “he encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizens”
  7. 🔊 the act of hostile groups opposing each other
    “the government was not ready for a confrontation with the unions”
  8. 🔊 an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force)
    “a soldier must be prepared to kill his enemies”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 discordia opposition
  2. 🔊 oposicionista opposition
  3. 🔊 oposición opposition
  4. 🔊 opositor opposition, opposing
  5. 🔊 contrariedad opposition, pushback, resistance

Similar words

resistance confrontation enemy foe foeman opponent opposite oppositeness adversary adversity agreement to disagree alienation allegory analogy antagonism antagonist antagonistic anteposition antipathy antithesis antithetical apostasy argumentation arrest