All against synonyms
aΒ·gainst
A a adjective against
- obstructive β to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass: Debris obstructed the road.
- unaccommodating β easy to deal with; eager to help or please; obliging.
- contradictory β If two or more facts, ideas, or statements are contradictory, they state or imply that opposite things are true.
- inconsonant β not consonant or in accord.
- opposed β to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
- antithetic β of the nature of or involving antithesis.
- anti β You can refer to people who are opposed to a particular activity or idea as antis.
- cheerful β Someone who is cheerful is happy and shows this in their behaviour.
- up against β to, toward, or in a more elevated position: to climb up to the top of a ladder.
- against the grain β contrary to one's feelings, nature, wishes, etc.; irritating or displeasing
- counter β In a place such as a shop or cafΓ©, a counter is a long narrow table or flat surface at which customers are served.
- agin β against
- privative β causing, or tending to cause, deprivation.
- negative β expressing or containing negation or denial: a negative response to the question.
- unwilling β not willing; reluctant; loath; averse: an unwilling partner in the crime.
- onto β surjection
- obliging β willing or eager to do favors, offer one's services, etc.; accommodating: The clerk was most obliging.
- uninclined β deviating in direction from the horizontal or vertical; sloping.
- dissentient β dissenting, especially from the opinion of the majority.
- unfriendly β not amicable; not friendly or kindly in disposition; unsympathetic; aloof: an unfriendly coldness of manner.
- unfitted β made so as to follow closely the contours of a form or shape: fitted clothes; fitted sheets.
- ill-disposed β unfriendly, unsympathetic, or having a negative attitude, as toward another person or an idea.
- paradoxical β having the nature of a paradox; self-contradictory.
- loath β unwilling; reluctant; disinclined; averse: to be loath to admit a mistake.
- at odds β If someone is at odds with someone else, or if two people are at odds, they are disagreeing or quarrelling with each other.
- wishful β having or showing a wish; desirous; longing.
- repugnant β distasteful, objectionable, or offensive: a repugnant smell.
- unconformable β not conformable; not conforming.
- unready β not ready; not made ready: The new stadium is as yet unready for use.
- recusant β refusing to submit, comply, etc.
- neighborliness β having or showing qualities befitting a neighbor; friendly.
- revulsive β tending to alter the distribution of blood by revulsion.
- no go β functioning properly and ready: two minutes before the satellite is to be launched and all systems are go.
- abutting β to be adjacent; touch or join at the edge or border (often followed by on, upon, or against): This piece of land abuts on a street.
preposition against
- next to β immediately following in time, order, importance, etc.: the next day; the next person in line.
- alongside β If one thing is alongside another thing, the first thing is next to the second.
- beside β Something that is beside something else is at the side of it or next to it.
- touching β affecting; moving; pathetic: a touching scene of farewell.
adverb against
- at any cost β If you say that something must be done at any cost, you are emphasizing that it must be done, even if this requires a lot of effort or money.
- conversely β You say conversely to indicate that the situation you are about to describe is the opposite or reverse of the one you have just described.
- for all that β the whole of (used in referring to quantity, extent, or duration): all the cake; all the way; all year.
- contrariwise β from a contrasting point of view; on the other hand
- regardless β having or showing no regard; heedless; unmindful (often followed by of).
- in defiance of β a daring or bold resistance to authority or to any opposing force.
- in any case β an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something: Sailing in such a storm was a case of poor judgment.
- contrarily β in a perverse or obstinate manner
- athwart β transversely; from one side to another
- on top of β the highest or loftiest point or part of anything; apex; summit. Synonyms: zenith, acme, peak, pinnacle, vertex. Antonyms: bottom, base, foot, lowest point.
- on β so as to be or remain supported by or suspended from: Put your package down on the table; Hang your coat on the hook.
- come what may β to approach or move toward a particular person or place: Come here. Don't come any closer!