hindrance &c. 706.
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.
Adv. against, versus, counter to, in conflict with, at cross purposes.
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.
Phr. nitor in adversum[Lat].
#709. Cooperation.
— N. cooperation; coadjuvancy[obs3],
coadjutancy[obs3]; coagency[obs3], coefficiency[obs3];
concert, concurrence, complicity, participation; union
&c. 43; additivity, combination &c. 48; collusion.
association, alliance,
colleagueship[obs3],
joint stock, copartnership[obs3];
cartel; confederation &c. (party)
712; coalition, fusion; a long pull a strong pull
and a pull all together; logrolling, freemasonry.
unanimity &c. (assent)
488; esprit de corps, party spirit;
clanship[obs3], partisanship; concord &c 714.
synergy, coaction[obs3].
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,


