ADVOCATES Antonyms

• a demanding or stimulating situation

• a call to engage in a contest or fight

• questioning a statement and demanding an explanation

• a formal objection to the selection of a particular person as a juror

• a demand by a sentry for a password or identification

• take exception to

• issue a challenge to

• ask for identification

• raise a formal objection in a court of law

• express strong disapproval of

• declare or judge unfit for use or habitation

• compel or force into a particular state or activity

• demonstrate the guilt of (someone)

• pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law

• appropriate (property) for public use

• speak out against

• to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful

• announce the termination of, as of treaties

• give away information about somebody

• consider bad or wrong

• deem wrong or inappropriate

• the state of being held in low esteem

• cause to be distrusted or disbelieved

• damage the reputation of

• reject as false; refuse to accept

• a disagreement or argument about something important

• coming into conflict with

• take exception to

• have a disagreement over something

• a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war

• the act of fighting; any contest or struggle

• an aggressive willingness to compete

• an intense verbal dispute

• a boxing or wrestling match

• be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight

• fight against or resist strongly

• make a strenuous or labored effort

• exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for

• be against; express opposition to

• fight against or resist strongly

• contrast with equal weight or force

• set into opposition or rivalry

• act against or in opposition to

• be resistant to

• the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality

• not accept something given or offered

• not accept as true

• deem wrong or inappropriate

• reject with contempt

• resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ

• refuse entrance or membership

• dismiss from consideration or a contest