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What is the adjective for opposers?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs oppose and oppone which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

opposite
  1. Located directly across from something else, or from each other.
  2. (botany) Of leaves and flowers, positioned directly across from each other on a stem.
  3. Facing in the other direction.
  4. Of either of two complementary or mutually exclusive things.
  5. Extremely different; inconsistent; contrary; repugnant; antagonistic.
  6. Synonyms:
      7. conflicting, contrary, opposed, contradictory, contrasting, different, antithetical, differing, inconsistent, irreconcilable, unlike, dissimilar, polar, contrasted, divergent, incompatible, opposing, clashing, converse, diametric, diverse, unalike, adverse, antipodal, antipodean, cross, diametrical, disagreeing, obverse, reverse, at variance, competing, hostile, inimical, inverse, oppugnant, reversed, separate, unconnected, unrelated, contrapositive, counter, independent, paradoxical, unsimilar, violative, at odds, poles apart, streets apart, diametrically opposed … more
  7. Examples:
      8. “We have opposite views on what constitutes a healthy lifestyle.”
      “The bathroom is on the opposite side of the hallway.”
      “The opposite sides engaged in a healthy and productive debate.”
opposed
  1. Acting in opposition; opposing.
  2. Being, of having an opponent; not unopposed.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. contrary, contradictory, conflicting, opposite, different, antithetical, incompatible, contrasting, clashing, divergent, opposing, differing, irreconcilable, dissimilar, disparate, disagreeing, counter, polar, oppugnant, adverse, antipathetic, antonymous, repelling, dissentient, allergic, battling, confronting, controverting, crossing, defending, denying, disputed, disputing, at variance, at odds, poles apart, in opposition, at cross-purposes, up against, inconsistent, discrepant, incongruous, discordant, antipodal, reverse, diametric, antagonistic, converse, diametrical, inharmonious … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “North American audiences will be exposed to two diametrically opposed interpretations of the material when he brings the project to their towns.”
      “Personally, I am adamantly opposed to armed force and belong to a peace church that has a 450-year history of speaking out against all violence.”
      “I am opposed to the idea of reduced reservation for the following reasons.”
opposable
  1. Capable of being opposed or resisted.
  2. Capable of being placed opposite something else.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. resistible, restrainable, preventable, stoppable, thwartable, avertible, evitable, haltable, inhibitable, blockable, dodgeable, escapable, avoidable, needless, noninevitable, unnecessary, avertable, evadable, postponable, forestallable, hinderable, apposable … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “The eyes are usually very small, the feet are plantigrade and have five digits, and neither the hallux or pollex is opposable.”
      “This was because opposable thumbs or not, buttons would forever be the bane of his life.”
      “Nocturnal and arboreal, they clamber up trees and hang from limbs thanks to long prehensile tails and opposable inside toes on their hind feet.”
opposing
  1. That opposes or oppose; on the opposite side.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. opposite, conflicting, contrary, opposed, contradictory, contrasting, different, antithetical, differing, irreconcilable, dissimilar, polar, divergent, incompatible, clashing, disparate, adverse, antipathetic, disagreeing, at variance, oppugnant, at odds, poles apart, reverse, converse, antipodal, diametric, inconsistent, counter, incongruous, diametrical, discrepant, antipodean, antagonistic, discordant, inconsonant, inharmonious, inverse, obverse, in opposition, repugnant, antonymous, mutually exclusive, dissonant, diametrically opposed, unlike, distinct, unalike, antithetic, distinctive … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “They successfully balance the often opposing themes of citizens as victims, and as active agents of change.”
      “The boys soon began taunting and insulting good friends who were now on the opposing team.”
      “Adequate natural light and ventilation flow into all rooms with windows facing the opposing building without impairment of privacy.”
opponent
  1. Situated in front; opposite; hence, opposing; adverse; antagonistic.
oppositional
  1. Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting opposition
  2. Synonyms:
      3. repelling, adversarial, adverse, allergic, antagonistic, anti, antipathetic, antithetical, antonymous, averse, battling, clashing, combating, conflicting, confronting, contrary, controverting, counter, crossing, defending, defensive, denying, disagreeing, disputed, disputing, dissentient, facing, gainsaying, hostile, incompatible, inimical, irreconcilable, objecting, obstructive, opposed, opposite, protesting, rival, warring, enemy, against the grain, at cross-purposes, at odds, in opposition, up against, opposing, repellant, repulsive, competing, combatant … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The avant-garde is to be understood neither as simply oppositional to dominant ideological structures nor as naively collusive with them.”
      “As public discontent over foreign policy and consecutive scandals racked public life, radical oppositional movements flared.”
      “Essentially, this takes the form of an oppositional dualism that frequently manifests itself in demonstrably puerile ways.”
opponed
  1. simple past tense and past participle of oppone
opponing
  1. present participle of oppone
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