100 Best Synonyms for “Against”

100 Best Synonyms for

No. Item Definition
1. adverse to opposed or unfavorable to
2. antagonistic to actively hostile toward
3. anti opposed to
4. as opposed to rather than; in contrast with
5. assailing attacking strongly
6. at odds with in disagreement with
7. at variance with in disagreement with
8. athwart across or against
9. attacking criticizing or assaulting
10. averse to strongly disliking
11. battling engaged in conflict with
12. beating defeating in contest
13. belied by shown false by
14. blocking preventing movement or progress
15. checking holding back or restraining
16. clashing with coming into conflict with
17. combating fighting against
18. condemning expressing strong disapproval
19. contesting challenging or opposing
20. contradicting stating the opposite of
21. contrary to in conflict with
22. counter to in opposition to
23. countering acting in response against
24. critical of expressing disapproval of
25. damaging to causing harm to
26. decrying strongly criticizing
27. defeating winning against
28. defying openly resisting
29. denouncing publicly condemning
30. detrimental to causing disadvantage to
31. disinclined toward not favorably disposed toward
32. disputing arguing against
33. face to face with directly confronting
34. facing positioned opposite
35. fending off driving away
36. fighting struggling against
37. flush with evenly aligned against
38. foiling stopping from succeeding
39. fronting facing toward
40. frustrating preventing from succeeding
41. gainsaying denying or contradicting
42. hard by close against or beside
43. hindering making progress difficult
44. hostile to showing opposition toward
45. impeding slowing or obstructing
46. in conflict with clashing with
47. in contrast to showing difference from
48. in defiance of openly resisting
49. in opposition to actively resisting
50. in resistance to as opposition to
51. incompatible with unable to exist with
52. inconsistent with not in agreement with
53. injurious to harmful to
54. invalidating showing to be unsound
55. juxtaposed with placed side by side with
56. negating making ineffective or invalid
57. negative toward showing disapproval of
58. neutralizing making ineffective
59. next to beside or against
60. objecting to expressing opposition to
61. obstructing blocking or opposing
62. offsetting balancing against
63. offside with not aligned with
64. on in contact with
65. opposed to in opposition to
66. opposing acting against
67. opposite to facing or contrasting with
68. out of keeping with not suitable with
69. out of step with not in agreement with
70. overcoming successfully dealing with
71. prejudicial to harmful or unfavorable to
72. preventing stopping from happening
73. protecting from keeping safe from
74. protesting showing public opposition
75. quashing crushing completely
76. rather than instead of
77. rebutting arguing against successfully
78. refuting proving wrong
79. rejecting refusing to accept
80. relative to in relation to
81. resisting fighting or pushing back against
82. restraining holding back
83. running counter to going against
84. staving off keeping away temporarily
85. subduing bringing under control
86. suppressing putting down forcefully
87. thwarting preventing success of
88. to the detriment of causing harm to
89. toward in the direction of
90. towards in the direction of
91. unfavorable to not supportive of
92. unsympathetic to not supportive toward
93. up to touching or near
94. upon on or against
95. versus in competition or conflict with
96. vis-à-vis facing or compared with
97. warding off keeping away
98. warring with in armed conflict with
99. with respect to regarding in relation to
100. withstanding resisting successfully