Yahoo Web Search

Search results

1. Dictionary

   opposed

   /əˈpəʊzd/

   adjective

   • 1. anxious to prevent or put an end to; disagreeing with: "he was opposed to discrimination" Similar against(dead) set againstin oppositionaversehostileantagonisticinimicalantipatheticunsympatheticresistantinformal:antiOpposite in favour offavourably disposed to
   • ▪ in conflict with or hostile to: "parties opposed to the ruling party"
   • 2. (of two or more things) contrasting or conflicting with each other: "the agency is being asked to do two diametrically opposed things" Similar conflictingcontrastingincompatibleirreconcilableantitheticalcontradictoryclashingcontrarydifferentdifferingat varianceat oddsdivergentdissimilardisagreeingopposingoppositepoles apartpolarrare:oppugnant

   Scrabble Points: 12

   • O

     1

   • P

     3

   • P

     3

   • O

     1

   • S

     1

   • E

     1

   • D

     2

   Powered by Oxford Dictionaries

   More definitions, origin and scrabble points