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Synonyms for opposed

  • adjective

Most common

averse opposite hostile contrary

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Adjective

1. Averse — acting in opposition; opposing

averse, opposite, hostile, contrary, counter, conflicting, reluctant, inimical, repugnant, unwilling, alien, cross dated

Other

difficult, heterogeneous, unpartial rare

Antonyms

unopposed, supportive, favorable

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Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Acting in opposition; opposing.

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Phrases
as opposed to

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Opposed, Foreign, Remote, Unlike, Unconnected or Alien?

In their figurative use, that is foreign which is remote, unlike, or unconnected; that is alien which is conflicting, hostile, or opposed.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • opposite Judaism isn't really the opposite of Christianity.
  • hostile The Soviet Union took a hostile attitude toward us.
  • reluctant Some soldiers were reluctant to obey the commands.
  • averse Some of my friends are strongly averse to AI.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
opposedsteady
oppositesteady
hostilesteady
reluctantsteady
averserising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters
cross1, alien3
6 letters
averse2
7 letters
counter2, hostile2
8 letters
opposite3, contrary3, inimical4
9 letters
difficult3, reluctant3, unwilling3, repugnant3, unpartial
11 letters
conflicting3
13 letters
heterogeneous5

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (alien3 = 3 syllables).