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| Main Entry: | facing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | an architectural finish |
| Synonyms: | covering, front, siding, surface, revetment |
| Main Entry: | facing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | finish for dress goods |
| Synonyms: | backing, binding, braid, embroidery, hem, lining, overlay, trim, applique, folds, piping, tucks |
| Main Entry: | face |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come up against a situation |
| Synonyms: | abide, accost, affront, allow, bear, beard, brace, brave, brook, challenge, confront, contend, countenance, court, cross, dare, defy, encounter, endure, experience, fight, meet, oppose, resist, risk, stand, stomach*, submit, suffer, sustain, swallow*, take, take it, take on, tell off*, tolerate, venture, withstand, be confronted by, bit the bullet, cope with, deal with, eyeball, fly in face of, go up against, grapple with, make a stand, run into, square off, take the bull by the horns |
| Antonyms: | hide, retreat, run, withdraw |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | face |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be opposite; look at |
| Synonyms: | border, confront, front, gaze, glare, meet, overlook, stare, watch, be turned toward, front onto |
| Antonyms: | back |
| Main Entry: | face |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put paint or finish on |
| Synonyms: | clad, coat, cover, decorate, dress, finish, front, level, line, overlay, plaster, polish, redecorate, remodel, sheathe, side, skin, smooth, surface, veneer, refinish, shingle |
| Main Entry: | against |
| Part of Speech: | preposition |
| Definition: | opposite to |
| Synonyms: | across, adjacent, con, facing, opposing, versus, contra, contrary to, counter to, in contrast to, in opposition to, opposed to, vs |
| Main Entry: | diametric/diametrical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | opposed, conflicting |
| Synonyms: | adverse, antipodal, antithetical, contradictory, contrary, contrasting, converse, counter, facing, opposite, polar, reverse, antipodean |
| Antonyms: | like, same, similar, approving, coinciding |
| Main Entry: | opposed/opposing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | antagonistic, against |
| Synonyms: | allergic*, antipathetic, antithetical, averse, clashing, conflicting, confronting, contrary, counter, crossing, defensive, disagreeing, enemy, facing, hostile, incompatible, inimical, irreconcilable, opposite, repelling, restrictive, rival, warring, against the grain, anti*, antonymous, at cross-purposes, at odds, battling, combating, controverting, defending, denying, disputed, disputing, dissentient, exposing, gainsaying, in opposition, objecting, obstructive, protesting, up against |
| Antonyms: | assisting, compatible, helping, similar, aiding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | opposite |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unlike, conflicting; completely different |
| Synonyms: | adverse, antagonistic, antipodal, antithetical, contradictory, contrary, corresponding, counter, crosswise, diametric, different, dissimilar, diverse, facing, hostile, inconsistent, independent, inimical, inverse, irreconcilable, obverse, opposed, ornery*, polar, repugnant, retrograde, reverse, reversed, separate, unconnected, unrelated, antipodean, contrapositive, contrasted, diametrically opposed, differing, flip-side, fronting, paradoxical, unalike, unsimilar, violative, vis-á-vis |
| Notes: | contrary describes something that contradicts a proposition, converse is used when the elements of a proposition are reversed, opposite pertains to that which is diametrically opposed to a proposition, and reverse can mean each of those |
| Antonyms: | compatible, like, similar |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | face to face |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | confronting |
| Synonyms: | facing, vis-à-vis, eye to eye, man-to-man, one-on-one, person to person, woman-to-woman |
| Main Entry: | diametric |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | opposed |
| Synonyms: | adverse, antipodal, antithetical, conflicting, contradictory, contrary, contrasting, converse, counter, diametrical, facing, opposite, polar, reverse, antipodean |
| Antonyms: | alike, like, matching, same, similar, coinciding |
| Main Entry: | opposed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | antagonistic |
| Synonyms: | against, allergic, antipathetic, antithetical, averse, clashing, conflicting, confronting, contrary, counter, crossing, defensive, disagreeing, enemy, facing, hostile, incompatible, inimical, irreconcilable, opposing, opposite, repelling, restrictive, rival, warring, anti, antonymous, at cross-purposes, at odds, battling, combating, controverting, defending, denying, disputed, disputing, dissentient, exposing, gainsaying, in opposition, objecting, obstructive, protesting, up against |
| Antonyms: | in favor of |
| Main Entry: | siding |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | outside finish |
| Synonyms: | covering, facing, finish, cladding, outer wall |
| Main Entry: | to |
| Part of Speech: | preposition1 |
| Definition: | in the direction of |
| Synonyms: | facing, into, through, toward, via, directed toward |
| Main Entry: | vis-à-vis |
| Part of Speech: | adverb/preposition |
| Definition: | opposite |
| Synonyms: | face-to-face, facing, eyeball to eyeball, frontal |
| Main Entry: | front |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | forward, beginning part of something |
| Synonyms: | anterior, bow, breast, brow, exterior, facade, face, facing, fore, forehead, head, lead, obverse, top, van, vanguard, foreground, forepart, front line, frontage, frontal, frontispiece, proscenium |
| Antonyms: | back, rear |
| Main Entry: | toward/towards |
| Part of Speech: | preposition |
| Definition: | on the way to; near |
| Synonyms: | against, almost, approaching, en route, facing, for, moving, nearing, nearly, proceeding, to, via, vis-à-vis, close to, coming up, contra, fronting, headed for, in relation to, in the direction of, in the vicinity, just before, not quite, on the road to, over against, pointing to, shortly before |
| Main Entry: | pointing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective2 |
| Definition: | directed |
| Synonyms: | facing, fronting, looking, stretched toward, turned |
| Main Entry: | accost |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | approach for conversation or solicitation |
| Synonyms: | address, annoy, bother, brace*, call, challenge, confront, cross, dare, entice, face, flag, greet, hail, proposition, salute, welcome, buttonhole*, run into, whistle for |
| Antonyms: | avoid, dodge, evade, ignore, scorn, shun |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | affront |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | insult or involve in entanglement |
| Synonyms: | abuse, anger, annoy, confront, criticize, displease, encounter, face, give the cold shoulder*, meet, offend, outrage, pique, provoke, put down*, slander, slight, taunt, vex, dispraise, dump on, give a zinger, hit where one lives |
| Antonyms: | appease, assuage, compliment, gratify, mollify, placate, please, satisfy, soothe |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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