the opposition

noun

: a person or group that someone is trying to defeat or succeed against : a person or group that someone is competing with

The coach advised her team not to underestimate the opposition.

Examples of the opposition in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Xavier Becerra, the Democratic nominee for California governor, is spearheading the opposition campaign to Proposition 39 in coordination with the American Civil Liberties Union and the California Donor Table. — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 7 Oct. 2026

Police set up barriers in Izmir’s main square Wednesday after the opposition called for people to protest Tugay’s defection. — ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026

The Miami Herald wants to hear from Democrats and Republicans in South Florida who are thinking about voting for candidates representing the opposition party in November’s election. — Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026

The markets price in a number of other factors—most obviously the opposition’s advertising campaign, which will go largely unanswered because the proponents of Proposition 40 used up most of their cash to gather signatures to get it on the ballot. — Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for the opposition

• academician
• cycloaddition
• decomposition
• diagnostician
• disinhibition
• indisposition
• interposition
• juxtaposition
• mathematician
• metacognition
• metaphysician
• neurotransmission