adv. 25B6; preposition
a number of delegates were against the motion : OPPOSED TO, in opposition to, hostile to, averse to, antagonistic towards, inimical to, unsympathetic to, resistant to, at odds with, in disagreement with, dead set against; informal anti, agin.
he was swimming against the tide : IN OPPOSITION TO, counter to, contrary to, in the opposite direction to.
his age is against him : DISADVANTAGEOUS TO, unfavourable to, damaging to, detrimental to, prejudicial to, deleterious to, harmful to, injurious to, a drawback for.
she leaned against the wall : TOUCHING, in contact with, up against, on.
anti-.
in favour of, pro.