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Synonyms for opposition
Synonyms for opposition: confrontation and resistance. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 2 synonyms for opposition
Interchangeable with opposition in this sense
Audited under opposition's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one opposition carries in that sense.
- confrontationnoun, in the sense "the act of hostile groups opposing each other"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name opposition as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- resistanceresistance is a noun in the sense "the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with"
one of these comes from opposition's own entry in the bank, and one was audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.
the act of hostile groups opposing each other
The invaders encountered stiff opposition.
The true synonym
confrontation
Same sentence, swapped: The invaders encountered stiff confrontation.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- opponent
- foe
- rebellion
Where opposition turns up in the game
opposition is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in three other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where opposition is the trap
- solidaritynoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is unity, in the sense "unity and mutual support among members of a group, especially in a shared cause", and opposition is on the board beside it.
- relationnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is telling, in the sense "an act of narration", and opposition is on the board beside it.
- disappointmentnoun, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is letdown, in the sense "a feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized", with opposition sitting one tile away.
Play opposition
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so opposition reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because actions is the company opposition keeps.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. opposition carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.