| Main Entry: | brave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | endure bad situation |
Synonyms: |
bear, beard, challenge, confront, court, dare, defy, face, face off, fly in the face of, go through, outdare, risk, stand up to, suffer, support, take on, venture, withstand |
Antonyms: |
break down, capitulate, complain, dodge, fear, give up, hide, run away, skip |
| Main Entry: | challenge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dispute, question |
Synonyms: |
accost, arouse, ask for, assert, beard, brave, call for, call out, claim, confront, cross, dare, defy, demand, denounce, exact, face down, face off, face the music, fly in the face of, hang in, impeach, impose, impugn, inquire, insist upon, investigate, invite competition, make a point of, make a stand, object to, provoke, query, reclaim, require, search out, stand up to, stick it out, stimulate, summon, tax, test, throw down the gauntlet, try, vindicate |
Antonyms: |
agreement, answer, decision, victory |
| Main Entry: | contradict |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be at variance with |
Synonyms: |
belie, buck, call in question, challenge, confront, contravene, controvert, counter, counteract, cross, dare, deny, differ, disaffirm, disclaim, disprove, dispute, fly in the face of, gainsay, have bone to pick, impugn, negate, negative, oppose, refuse to accept, repudiate, take on, thumbs down, traverse |
Antonyms: |
OK, accept, agree, approve, concede, confirm, corroborate, reconcile, sign, verify, vouch |
| Main Entry: | counter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | answer, respond in retaliation |
Synonyms: |
backtalk, beat, bilk, buck, circumvent, contravene, counteract, counterwork, cross, dash, disappoint, fly in the face of, foil, frustrate, have bone to pick, hinder, hit back, match, meet, offset, oppose, parry, pit, play off, resist, respond, retaliate, return, ruin, take on, thumbs down, vie, ward off |
| Main Entry: | dissent |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disagree |
Synonyms: |
argue, balk, break with, buck, contradict, decline, demur, differ, disaccord, discord, divide, fly in the face of, object, oppose, pettifog, protest, put up a fight, put up an argument, refuse, say no way, say not a chance, say nothing doing, shy, stickle, vary, wrangle |
| Notes: | dissent is, literally, 'feel or think differently' and dissident means 'sit apart, disagree' |
Antonyms: |
agree, approve, assent, authorize, concur, consent, endorse, ratify, sanction |
| Main Entry: | negate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | contradict, countermand |
Synonyms: |
abate, abolish, abrogate, annihilate, annul, belie, blackball, break with, cancel, cancel out, controvert, countercheck, cross*, deny, ding, disaffirm, disallow, disprove, dump*, fly in the face of, frustrate, gainsay, impugn, invalidate, kill, negative, neutralize, nullify, oppose, put down, quash, rebut, redress, refute, repeal, rescind, retract, reverse, revoke, stonewall, traverse, turn down, turn thumbs down, undo, vitiate, void |
Antonyms: |
allow, approve, permit |
| Main Entry: | oppose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fight, obstruct |
Synonyms: |
argue, assail, assault, attack, bar, battle, bombard, call in question, check, combat, confront, contradict, controvert, counter, counterattack, cross, debate, defy, deny, disagree, disapprove, dispute, encounter, expose, face, face down, fight, fly in the face of, frown at, gainsay, hinder, neutralize, not countenance, prevent, protest, resist, reverse, run counter to, search out, speak against, stand up to, take a stand, take issue, take on, taunt, thwart, turn the tables, withstand |
Antonyms: |
aid, assist, favor, help, support |
| Main Entry: | repudiate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reject; turn one's back on |
Synonyms: |
abandon, abjure, apostatize, banish, be against, break with, cast, cast off, cut off, decline, default, defect, demur, deny, desert, disacknowledge, disapprove, disavow, discard, disclaim, dishonor, disinherit, dismiss, disown, dump, flush*, fly in the face of, forsake, nix, oust, rat, recant, refuse, renounce, repeal, reprobate, rescind, retract, reverse, revoke, spurn, tergiversate, tergiverse, turn, turn down, wash one's hands of |
Antonyms: |
admit, approve |
| Main Entry: | withstand |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | endure, bear |
Synonyms: |
brace, brave, buck, combat, confront, contest, cope, cross, defy, dispute, duel, face, fight, fly in the face of, grapple with, hang on, hang tough, hold off, hold one's ground, hold out, oppose, prevail against, put up struggle, put up with, remain firm, repel, resist, ride out, sit and take it, stand, stand fast, stand firm, stand one's ground, stand up against, stand up to, stick fast, stick*, suffer, take, take it, take on, thwart, tolerate, traverse, violate, weather, win out |
Antonyms: |
surrender, yield |