against

against
preposition
1)

most delegates were against the motion

Syn:
opposed to, in opposition to, hostile to, antagonistic towards, unsympathetic to, at odds with, in disagreement with; informal anti, agin
2)

swimming against the tide

Syn:
counter to, contrary to, in the opposite direction to, resisting
3)

she leaned against the wall

Syn:
touching, in contact with, up against, abutting, on
Ant:
in favour of, with

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