opposing

• COUNT in NET: 4 in 3 verses (in OT : 4 in 3 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

opposing, adj. 

•  characterized by active opposition; as, two bitterly opposing schools of thought.  [WordNet 1.5]
•  acting in opposition to; as, the opposing sector of the same muscle group.  [WordNet 1.5]

THESAURUS

opposing

abjuratory, abnegative, adversary, adversative, adverse, adversive, against, alien, alienated, allegory, analogy, antagonistic, anteposition, anti, antiestablishment, antipathetic, antipodal, antithesis, antithetic, antithetical, antonymous, at cross-purposes, at odds with, at variance with, balancing, breakaway, bucking, challenge, clashing, comparative anatomy, comparative degree, comparative grammar, comparative judgment, comparative linguistics, comparative literature, comparative method, compare, comparing, comparison, compensating, competitive, con, conflicting, confrontation, confronting, confrontment, contention, contradicting, contradiction, contradictory, contradistinct, contraposition, contrapositive, contrariety, contrarious, contrary, contrast, contrasted, contrasting, contrastiveness, contravention, contraversion, converse, correlation, counter, counter-culture, counteractant, counteracting, counteraction, counteractive, counterbalancing, counterpoised, countervailing, counterworking, cranky, cross, crosscurrent, crossing, crotchety, dead against, denial, denying, detrimental, differing, difficult, disaccordant, disaffirming, disagreeing, disallowing, disappointed, disapprobatory, disapproving, disavowing, disclaiming, discontented, discordant, discrepant, disenchanted, disgruntled, disillusioned, disowning, displeased, dissatisfied, dissentient, dissenting, dissident, distinction, distinctiveness, enemy, eyeball to eyeball, eyeball-to-eyeball, facing, fractious, fronting, hard, harmful, head wind, hostile, hostility, impugnation, impugnment, in opposition, incompatible, inconsistent, indignant, inimical, inverse, irreconcilable, likening, low, matching, metaphor, miserable, negation, negative, negatory, nonconforming, nonconformist, noncooperative, not easy, obstinate, obverse, opponent, opposed, opposite, opposition, oppositional, oppositive, opposure, oppugnant, oppugnation, overthwart, parallelism, perverse, polar, polar opposition, polaric, polarity, polarization, polarized, poor, posing against, proportion, reactionary, rebutment, rebuttal, recalcitrant, recanting, recusant, refractory, refusal, rejection, relation, renitent, renunciative, renunciatory, repudiative, repugnant, resistance, resistant, reverse, revocative, revocatory, revolutionary, rigorous, rival, sectarian, sectary, simile, similitude, sinister, squared off, standing against, stressful, traversal, trope of comparison, troublesome, troublous, trying, turned-off, unappreciative, unapproving, uncomplimentary, uncooperative, undercurrent, underground, unfavorable, unfriendly, unhappy, unpropitious, untoward, weighing, wretched

ROGET THESAURUS

opposing

Contrariety

N contrariety, contrast, foil, antithesis, oppositeness, contradiction, antagonism, clashing, repugnance, inversion, the opposite, the reverse, the inverse, the converse, the antipodes, the antithesis, the other extreme, contrary, contrarious, contrariant, opposite, counter, dead against, converse, reverse, opposed, antithetical, contrasted, antipodean, antagonistic, opposing, conflicting, inconsistent, contradictory, at cross purposes, negative, hostile, differing toto coelo, diametrically opposite, diametrically opposed, as opposite as black and white, as opposite as light and darkness, as opposite as fire and water, as opposite as the poles, as different as night and day, Hyperion to a satyr, quite the contrary, quite the reverse, no such thing, just the other way, tout au contraire, contrarily, contra, contrariwise, per contra, on the contrary, nay rather, vice versa, on the other hand, all concord's born of contraries, Thesis, antithesis, synthesis.

Opposition

N opposition, antagonism, oppugnancy, oppugnation, impugnation, contrariety, contravention, counteraction, counterplot, cross fire, undercurrent, head wind, clashing, collision, conflict, competition, two of a trade, rivalry, emulation, race, absence of aid, resistance, restraint, hindrance, opposing, opposed, adverse, antagonistic, contrary, at variance, at issue, at war with, unfavorable, unfriendly, hostile, inimical, cross, unpropitious, in hostile array, front to front, with crossed bayonets, at daggers drawn, up in arms, resistant, competitive, emulous, against, versus, counter to, in conflict with, at cross purposes, against the grain, against the current, against the stream, against the wind, against the tide, with a headwind, with the wind ahead, with the wind in one's teeth, in spite, in despite, in defiance, in the way, in the teeth of, in the face of, across, athwart, overthwart, where the shoe pinches, in spite of one's teeth, though, even, quand meme, per contra, nitor in adversum.