Backed and Opposed

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Backed

Backed adjective - Having a back or backing, usually of a specified type.
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Opposed is an antonym for backed in topics: supported, supplied with a back.
Nearby Words: back, backing, backer

Opposed

Opposed adjective - Being in opposition or having an opponent.
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Synonyms for Opposed
Backed is an antonym for opposed.
Nearby Words: opposition, opposite, opposing, oppositely
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  • This is as opposed to the WWE-backed ECW Revival, where you come for the name, and stay for Matt Striker's awesome commentary.
    Source: Just For Fun / Come for the X, Stay for the Y
  • Nippon TV actually backed the separate promotion a year before it happened (and it only happened in 2000 as opposed to 1999 out of respect for Baba, who died that year).
    Source: Screwed By The Network / Live-Action TV
  • Gunboat Diplomacy Two frigates were quickly dispatched to Britain's own territory, as opposed to dropping into a major Argentine port to say hello, and were backed up by a fast-attack submarine that would have come as quite a rude shock if the Argentines had decided to press on regardless.
    Source: Gunboat Diplomacy
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