Oppose and Support

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Oppose

Oppose verb - To strive to reduce or eliminate.
Usage example: we must oppose ignorance and prejudice wherever and whenever they arise
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Support is an antonym for oppose in topics: be against, fight, compare.
Nearby Words: opposition, opposing

Support

Support verb - To promote the interests or cause of.
Usage example: though childless themselves, they support the local schools both by volunteering and by fiercely opposing funding cuts
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Antonyms for Support
Oppose is an antonym for support in topics: provide for, endure, defend, hold up.
Nearby Words: supported, supporter, supporting, supportive, supportable
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Common collocations

party oppose party support party
marriage oppose marriage support marriage
idea oppose idea support idea
relationship oppose relationship support relationship
Other words: faction, army, use, plan, decision, rule, cause, government, empire, actions, war, forces, efforts.

Both words in one sentence

  • Origins has a series of sidequests where you can either support or oppose the Mages' Collective, a group of Ferelden apostates.
    Source: Underground Railroad
  • To support or oppose such a point, you may want to look into how much, how correctly, and generally how a trope is being used around the wiki.
    Source: Administrivia / How to Do a Wick Check
  • Comicbook / Civil War Hero Antagonist: Both sides in the war are heroes, and have their own reasons to think that the most heroic thing to do is to support/oppose the act and fight the other side.
    Source: Comicbook / Civil War
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