resistance opposition | the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with, he encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizens, despite opposition from the newspapers he went ahead |
confrontation opposition | the act of hostile groups opposing each other, the government was not ready for a confrontation with the unions, the invaders encountered stiff opposition |
structural member | support that is a constituent part of any structure or building |
penis phallus member | the male organ of copulation (`member' is a euphemism) |
extremity appendage member | an external body part that projects from the body, it is important to keep the extremities warm |
uninominal system uninominal voting system single-member system scrutin uninomial system scrutin uninominal voting system | based on the principle of having only one member (as of a legislature) selected from each electoral district |
member | an organization that is a member of another organization (especially a state that belongs to a group of nations), the library was a member of the interlibrary loan association, Canada is a member of the United Nations |
opposition | a body of people united in opposing something |
Opposition | the major political party opposed to the party in office and prepared to replace it if elected, Her Majesty's loyal opposition |
member bank | a bank that is a member of the Federal Reserve System |
academician academic faculty member | an educator who works at a college or university |
charter member | one of the original members when an organization was founded |
churchgoer church member | a religious person who goes to church regularly |
committee member | a member of a committee |
council member councillor | a member of a council |
crewman crew member | a member of a flight crew |
enemy foe foeman opposition | an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force), a soldier must be prepared to kill his enemies |
member fellow member | one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participate in a group organization), only members will be admitted, a member of the faculty, she was introduced to all the members of his family |
board member | a member of a governing board |
clansman clanswoman clan member | a member of a clan |
club member | someone who is a member of a club |
opposition opponent opposite | a contestant that you are matched against |
Parliamentarian Member of Parliament | an elected member of the British Parliament: a member of the House of Commons |
staff member staffer | an employee who is a member of a staff of workers (especially a member of the staff that works for the President of the United States) |
trade unionist unionist union member | a worker who belongs to a trade union |
member | anything that belongs to a set or class, snakes are members of the class Reptilia, members of the opposite sex |
opposition | a direction opposite to another |
orthogonality perpendicularity orthogonal opposition | the relation of opposition between things at right angles |
antipodal antipodal opposition diametrical opposition | the relation of opposition along a diameter |
opposition oppositeness | the relation between opposed entities |
mutual opposition polarity | a relation between two opposite attributes or tendencies, he viewed it as a balanced polarity between good and evil |
gradable opposition | an opposition that is capable of being graded |
polar opposition | an opposition that can be graded between two extremes or poles |
ungradable opposition | an opposition that has no intermediate grade, either one or the other |
uninominal one-member | based on the system of having only one member from each district (as of a legislature), a uninominal electoral system |