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cross fire, undercurrent, head wind.

clashing, collision, conflict.

competition, two of a trade, rivalry, emulation, race.

absence of -aid &c. 707; resistance &c. 719; restraint &c. 751; hindrance &c. 706.

{{is_a: antagonism, R179}}.

{{conceptual_part_of: competition, R720}}.

<-- opposition is an attitude and an action, so signal both -->

{{trait_of: opponent, R710, P2.3.2.3.2.5.42 }}.

{{performed_by: opponent, R710, P2.3.2.3.2.5.42 }}.

V. oppose, counteract, run counter to; withstand &c. (resist) 719; control &c. (restrain) 751; hinder &c. 706; antagonize, oppugn, fly in the face of, go dead against, kick against, fall afoul of, run afoul of; set against, pit against; face, confront, cope with; make a stand, make a dead set against; set oneself against, set one's face against; protest against, vote against, raise one;s voice against; disfavor, turn one's back upon; set at naught, slap in the face, slam the door in one's face.

be at cross purposes; play at cross purposes; counterwork[obs3], countermine; thwart, overthwart[obs3]; work against, undermine.

stem, breast, encounter; stem the tide, breast the tide, stem the current, stem the flood; buffet the waves; beat up against, make head against; grapple with; kick against the pricks &c. (resist) 719; contend &c. 720; do battle &c. (warfare) 722 -with, do battle against.

contradict, contravene; belie; go against, run against, beat against, militate against; come in conflict with.

emulate &c. (compete) 720; rival, spoil one's trade.

Adj. opposing, opposed &c. v.; adverse, antagonistic; contrary &c. 14; at variance &c. 24; at issue, at war with.

unfavorable, unfriendly; hostile, inimical, cross, unpropitious.

in hostile array, front to front, with crossed bayonets, at daggers drawn; up in arms; resistant &c. 719.

competitive, emulous.

against the grain, against the current, against the stream, against the wind, against the tide; with a headwind; with the wind ahead, with the wind in one's teeth.

in spite, in despite, in defiance; in the way, in the teeth of, in the face of; across; athwart, overthwart[obs3]; where the shoe pinches; in spite of one's teeth.

though &c. 30; even; quand meme[Fr]; per contra.

#709. Cooperation. -- N. cooperation; coadjuvancy[obs3], coadjutancy[obs3]; coagency[obs3], coefficiency[obs3]; concert, collaboration, concurrence, concurrency, participation; complicity, conspiracy; union &c. 43; additivity, combination &c. 48; collusion, team effort, joint effort.

{{trait_of}} association, alliance, colleagueship[obs3]; consortium.

{{trait_of}} joint stock, copartnership[obs3]; cartel; coalition, fusion; a long pull a strong pull and a pull all together.

{{trait_of}} conspiracy.

logrolling, freemasonry.

{{trait_of: confederation &c. (party) 712, @P2.3.2.3.1.5 Human groups}}.

unanimity &c. (assent) 488; esprit de corps, party spirit; clanship[obs3], partisanship; concord &c. 714.

synergy, coaction[obs3].

{[in_subject(biology)]} symbiosis; parasitism.

{{property_of}} adjuvant.

{{trait_of: Auxiliary, R711, P2.3.2.3.2.5.43}}.

V. cooperate, concur; coact[obs3], synergize.

conduce &c. 178; combine, unite one;s efforts; keep together, draw together, pull together, club together, hand together, hold together, league together, band together, be banded together; pool; stand shoulder to shoulder, put shoulder to shoulder; act in concert, join forces, fraternize, cling to one another, conspire, concert, consort, collaborate, lay one's heads together; confederate, be in league with; agree, collude, understand one another, play into the hands of, hunt in couples.

side with, take side with, go along with, go hand in hand with, join hands with, make common cause with, strike in with, unite with, join with, mix oneself up with, take part with, cast in one's lot with; join partnership, enter into partnership with, consort with; rally round, follow the lead of; come to, pass over to, come into the views of; be in the same boat, row in the same boat; sail in the same boat; sail on the same tack.

be a party to, lend oneself to; chip in; participate; have a hand in, have a finger in the pie; take part in, bear part in; second &c. (aid) 707; take the part of, play the game of; espouse a cause, espouse a quarrel.

conspiratorial, collusive.

dyed in the wool.

favorable &c. 707 to; unopposed &c. 708.

in consort, in association.

under human groups [hgroup] P2.3.2.3.1.5 Human groups -->

variance, difference, dissension, misunderstanding, cross purposes, odds, brouillerie[Fr]; division, split, rupture, disruption, division in the camp, house divided against itself, disunion, breach; schism &c. (dissent) 489; feud, faction.

quarrel, dispute, tiff, tracasserie[obs3], squabble, altercation, barney *[obs3], demele, snarl, spat, towrow[obs3], words, high words; wrangling &c. v.; jangle, brabble[obs3], cross questions and crooked answers, snip-snap; family jars.

polemics; litigation; strife &c. (contention) 720; warfare &c. 722; outbreak, open rupture, declaration of war.

troublous times[obs3]; cat-and-dog life; contentiousness &c. adj.; enmity &c. 889; hate &c. 898; Kilkenny cats; disputant &c. 710; strange bedfellows.

fall out, quarrel, dispute; litigate; controvert &c. (deny) 536; squabble, wrangle, jangle, brangle[obs3], bicker, nag; spar &c. (contend) 720; have words &c. n. with; fall foul of.

split; break with, break squares with, part company with; declare war, try conclusions; join issue, put in issue; pick a quarrel, fasten a quarrel on; sow dissension, stir up dissension &c. n.; embroil, entangle, disunite, widen the breach; set at odds, set together by the ears; set against, pit against.

get into hot water, fish in troubled waters, brawl; kick up a row, kick up a dust; turn the house out of window.

quarrelsome, unpacific[obs3]; gladiatorial, controversial, polemic, disputatious; factious; litigious, litigant; pettifogging.

at odds, at loggerheads, at daggers drawn, at variance, at issue, at cross purposes, at sixes and sevens, at feud, at high words; up in arms, together by the ears, in hot water, embroiled.

torn, disunited.

side with, sympathize with, go with, chime in with, fall in with; come round; be pacified &c. 723; assent &c. 488; empathize with, enter into the ideas of, enter into the feelings of; reciprocate.

keep in good humor, render accordant, put in tune; come to an understanding, meet halfway; keep the peace, remain at peace.

at peace, in still water; tranquil &c. (pacific) 721.

{{has_metaphor}} chest-beating, chest-thumping; saber rattling; rocket rattling.

show fight, show one's teeth, show a bold front; bluster, look big, stand akimbo, beat one's chest; double the fist, shake the fist; threaten &c. 909.

challenge, call out.

{{has_metaphor}} throw down the gauntlet, fling down the gauntlet, fling down the gage, fling down the glove, throw down the glove; knock the chip off one's shoulder.

aggression, offense; incursion, inroad, invasion; irruption; outbreak; estrapade[obs3], ruade[obs3]; coupe de main, sally, sortie, camisade[obs3], raid, foray; run at, run against; dead set at.

storm, storming; boarding, escalade[obs3]; siege, investment, obsession[obs2], bombardment, cannonade.

fire, volley; platoon fire, file fire; fusillade; sharpshooting, broadside; raking fire, cross fire; volley of grapeshot, whiff of the grape, feu d'enfer [Fr].

cut, thrust, lunge, pass, passado[obs3], carte and tierce[Fr][obs3], home thrust; coupe de bec[Fr]; kick, punch &c. (impulse) 276.

battue[obs3], razzia[obs3], Jacquerie, dragonnade[obs3]; devastation &c. 162; eboulement[Fr].

assailant, aggressor, invader.

base of operations, point of attack; echelon.

V. attack, assault, assail; invade; set upon, fall upon; charge, impugn, break a lance with, enter the lists.

assume the offensive, take the offensive; be the aggressor, become the aggressor; strike the first blow, draw first blood, throw the first stone at; lift a hand against, draw the sword against; take up the cudgels; advance against, march against; march upon, harry; come on, show fight.

strike at, poke at, thrust at; aim a blow at, deal a blow at; give one a blow, fetch one a blow, fetch one a kick, give one a kick; have a cut at, have a shot at, take a cut at, take a shot at, have a fling at, have a shy at; be down upon, pounce upon; fall foul of, pitch into, launch out against; bait, slap on the face; make a thrust at, make a pass at, make a set at, make a dead set at; bear down upon.

close with, come to close quarters;

bring to bay.

ride full tilt against; attack tooth and nail, go at hammer and tongs.

let fly at, dash at, run a tilt at, rush at, tilt at, run at, fly at, hawk at, have at, let out at; make a dash, make a rush at; strike home; drive one hard; press one hard; be hard upon, run down, strike at the root of.

lay about one, run amuck.

aim at, draw a bead on [U.S.].

fire upon, fire at, fire a shot at; shoot at, pop at, level at, let off a gun at; open fire, pepper, bombard, shell, pour a broadside into; fire a volley, fire red-hot shot; spring a mine.

throw a stone, throw stones at; stone, lapidate[obs3], pelt; hurl at, hurl against, hurl at the head of; rock

beset[U.S.], besiege, beleaguer; lay siege to, invest, open the trenches, plant a battery, sap, mine; storm, board, scale the walls.

cut and thrust, bayonet, butt; kick, strike &c. (impulse) 276; whip &c. (punish) 972.

assail[attack verbally], impugn; malign (detract) 934.

bomb, rocket, blast.

Adj. attacking &c. v.; aggressive, offensive, obsidional[obs3].

up in arms.

area defense; site defense.

self-defense, self-preservation; resistance &c. 719.

safeguard &c. (safety) 664; balistraria[obs3]; bunker, screen &c. (shelter) 666; camouflage &c. (concealment) 530; fortification; munition, muniment[obs3]; trench, foxhole; bulwark, fosse[obs3], moat, ditch, entrenchment, intrenchment[obs3]; kila[obs3]; dike, dyke; parapet, sunk fence, embankment, mound, mole, bank, sandbag, revetment; earth work, field-work; fence, wall dead wall, contravallation[obs3]; paling &c. (inclosure) 232; palisade, haha, stockade, stoccado[obs3], laager[obs3], sangar[obs3]; barrier, barricade; boom; portcullis, chevaux de frise[Fr]; abatis, abattis[obs3], abbatis[obs3]; vallum[obs3], circumvallation[obs3], battlement, rampart, scarp; escarp[obs3], counter-scarp; glacis, casemate[obs3]; vallation[obs3], vanfos[obs3].

buttress, abutment; shore &c. (support) 215.

breastwork, banquette, curtain, mantlet[obs3], bastion, redan[obs3], ravelin[obs3]; vauntmure[obs3]; advance work, horn work, outwork; barbacan[obs3], barbican; redoubt; fort-elage[Fr], fort-alice; lines.

loophole, machicolation[obs3]; sally port.

hold, stronghold, fastness; asylum &c. (refuge) 666; keep, donjon, dungeon, fortress, citadel, capitol, castle; tower of strength, tower of strength; fort, barracoon[obs3], pah[obs3], sconce, martello tower[obs3], peelhouse[obs3], blockhouse, rath[obs3]; wooden walls.

[body armor] bulletproof vest, armored vest, buffer, corner stone, fender, apron, mask, gauntlet, thimble, carapace, armor, shield, buckler, aegis, breastplate, backplate[obs3], cowcatcher, face guard, scutum[obs3], cuirass, habergeon[obs3], mail, coat of mail, brigandine[obs3], hauberk, lorication[obs3], helmet, helm, bassinet, salade[obs3], heaume[obs3], morion[obs3], murrion[obs3], armet[obs3], cabaset[obs3], vizor[obs3], casquetel[obs3], siege cap, headpiece, casque, pickelhaube, vambrace[obs3], shako &c. (dress) 225.

bearskin; panoply; truncheon &c. (weapon) 727.

garrison, picket, piquet; defender, protector; guardian &c. (safety) 664; bodyguard, champion; knight-errant, Paladin; propugner[obs3].

bulletproof window.

hardened site.

V. defend, forfend, fend; shield, screen, shroud; engarrison[obs3]; fend round &c. (circumscribe) 229; fence, entrench, intrench[obs3]; guard &c. (keep safe) 664; guard against; take care of &c. (vigilance) 459; bear harmless; fend off, keep off, ward off, beat off, beat back; hinder &c. 706.

parry, repel, propugn[obs3], put to flight; give a warm reception to [ironical]; hold at bay, keep at bay, keep arm's length.

stand on the defensive, act on the defensive; show fight; maintain one;s ground, stand one's ground; stand by; hold one's own; bear the brunt, stand the brunt; fall back upon, hold, stand in the gap.

Adj. defending &c. v.; defensive; mural[obs2]; armed, armed at all points, armed cap-a-pie, armed to the teeth; panoplied[obs3]; iron-plated, ironclad; loopholed, castellated, machicolated[obs3], casemated[obs3]; defended &c. v.; proof against.

armored, ballproof[obs2], bulletproof; hardened.

tit for tat, give and take, blow for blow, quid pro quo, a Roland for an Oliver, measure for measure, diamond cut diamond, the biter bit, a game at which two can play; reproof valiant, retort courteous.

recrimination &c. (accusation) 938; revenge &c. 919; compensation &c. 30; reaction &c. (recoil) 277.

V. retaliate, retort, turn upon; pay, pay off, pay back, get back at; pay in one's own coin, pay in the same coin; cap; reciprocate &c. 148; turn the tables upon; give a quid pro quo &c. n., give as much as one takes, give as good as one gets; give and take, exchange fisticuffs; be quits, be even with; pay off old scores; return the compliment[ironically].

serve one right, be hoist by one's own petard, throw a stone in one's own garden, catch a Tartar.

in revenge &c. 919.

repulse, rebuff.

insurrection &c. (disobedience) 742; strike; turn out, lock out, barring out; levee en masse[Fr], Jacquerie; riot &c. (disorder) 59.

V. resist; not submit &c. 725; repugn[obs3], reluct, reluctate[obs3], withstand; stand up against, strive against, bear up under, bear up against, be proof against, make head against; stand, stand firm, stand one's ground, stand the brunt of, stand out; hold one's grounds, hold one's own, hold out, hold firm.

breast the wave, breast the current; stem the tide, stem the torrent; face, confront, grapple with; show a bold front &c. (courage) 861; present a front; make a stand, take one's stand.

kick, kick against; recalcitrate[obs3], kick against the pricks; oppose &c. 708; fly in the face of; lift the hand against &c. (attack) 716; rise up in arms &c. (war) 722; strike, turn out; draw up a round robin &c. (remonstrate) 932; revolt &c. (disobey) 742; make a riot.

repel, repulse.

repulsive, repellant.

proof against; unconquerable &c. (strong) 159; stubborn, unconquered; indomitable &c. (persevering) 604a; unyielding &c. (obstinate) 606.

Int. hands off! keep off!
#720. Competition. -- N. competition, rivalry, contest, contestation[obs3]; match, corrivalry[obs3], corrivalship[obs3], agonism[obs1], concours[Fr]; contention, strife; struggle; belligerency; opposition &c. 708.

{{similar_to: opposition, R708}}.

[context: intellectual disputes] controversy, polemics; debate &c. (discussion) 476; war of words, logomachy[obs3], litigation; paper war; high words &c. (quarrel) 713; sparring &c. v.

race, run; horse racing, horse race, turf; field day; sham fight, Derby day; boat race, yacht race, regatta, torpids[obs3]; auto race, stock car race; demolition derby.

{{has_instance(auto race)}} Indy 500, Indianapolis 500; Grand Prix.

{{has_subtype(horse race)}} flats; trotters, derby, heat; steeple chase; handicap.

sport, sporting, athletics, athletic sports.

bullfight, tauromachy[obs3], gymkhana[obs3].

{{has_instance(yacht race)}} America's cup.

{{has_subtype(sport)}} wrestling, greco-roman wrestling; jiujitsu, jujutsu, kooshti[obs3], sumo.

{{has_subtype(sport)}} pugilism, boxing, fisticuffs, the manly art of self-defense; spar, mill, set-to, round, bout, event, prize fight, prize fighting; quarterstaff, single stick; gladiatorship[obs3].

{{has_subtype(sport)}} gymnastics.

tussle, scuffle, broil, fray; affray, affrayment[obs1]; shindig, shindy[obs3]; fracas &c. (discord) 713; clash of arms; velitation[obs1]; colluctation[obs1], luctation[obs3]; brabble[obs3], brigue[obs1], scramble, melee, scrimmage, stramash[obs3], bushfighting[obs3].

free fight, stand up fight, hand to hand, running fight.

show, concours d'elegance[Fr].

combat, conflict, skirmish; rencounter[obs3], encounter; rencontre[obs3], collision, affair, brush, fight; battle, battle royal; action, engagement, joust, tournament; tilt, tilting [medieval times]; tournay[obs3], list; pitched battle.

death struggle, struggle for life or death, life or death struggle, Armageddon[obs3].

hard knocks, sharp contest, tug of war.

naval engagement, naumachia[obs3], sea fight.

duel, duello[It]; single combat, monomachy[obs3], satisfaction, passage d'armes[Fr], passage of arms, affair of honor; triangular duel; hostile meeting, digladiation[obs3]; deeds of arms, feats of arms; appeal to arms &c. (warfare) 722.

pugnacity; combativeness &c. adj..

{{has_concern: bone of contention &c. 713}}.

{{performed_by: disputant, R726, P2.3.2.3.2.5.44}}.

[context: job, employment] professional competition, professional rivalry, job competition.

{{affects(professional competition): reputation}}.