Opposition
Opposition noun - The inclination to resist.
Usage example: most of the opposition to the proposed smoking ban is coming from bar owners worried about its impact on their businesses
Protest is a synonym for opposition. In some cases you can use "Protest" instead a noun "Opposition".
Protest
Protest noun - A feeling or declaration of disapproval or dissent.
Opposition is a synonym for protest in objection topic. Sometimes you can use "Opposition" instead a noun "Protest".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- complaint and opposition
- complaint and protest
- conflict and opposition
- conflict and protest
- challenge and opposition
- challenge and protest
- disagreement and opposition
- disagreement and protest
- dispute and opposition
- dispute and protest
- dissension and opposition
- dissension and protest
- resistance and opposition
- resistance and protest
How words are described
| direct | direct opposition | direct protest |
| initial | initial opposition | initial protest |
| considerable | considerable opposition | considerable protest |
| heavy | heavy opposition | heavy protest |
| Other adjectives: actual, entire, constant, vocal, violent, weak, little, democratic, major, widespread, general, political, later, significant, official, armed. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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The subsequent political scandal seemingly paved the way for Nikolai Suvorov, then leader of the Russian opposition, who rallied the population in protest against the corrupt government and eventually became president himself in 2028.
Source: Video Game / Rise of the Reds - Henry Cow formed the Rock in Opposition festivals as a protest against music industry practices.
Source: Music Is Politics - This may be a reference to Kim Jong-Il, son of the late North Korean dictator Kim Il Sung who had done the same.Publicity of Thorne's protest raises opposition, and Baby Max orders him tortured into a false confession on live TV.
Source: Film / Land of the Blind
Cite this Source
Protest and Opposition. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/opposition/protest
Opposition & Protest. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/opposition/protest>.
Protest or Opposition. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/opposition/protest.
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