opposer

English

Etymology

From oppose + -er.

Noun

opposer (plural opposers)

1. One who opposes, one who shows opposition.

   Synonym: opponent

   Antonyms: supporter, proponent, proposer

   • 1984, Catherine Garvey, Children's Talk, page 145:

     For example, after the opposer had objected to the opposee's plan to drive the car, the opposee suggested, "We can take turns driving the car."

Further reading

• “opposer”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “opposer” under “oppose”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “oppose”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present.
• “opposer”, in Wordnik.
• “(opposer*20), opponent”, in Google Books Ngram Viewer.
• “staunch opposer, staunch opponent”, in Google Books Ngram Viewer.
• “(opposers of the reform*20), opponents of the reform”, in Google Books Ngram Viewer.
• “opponent, opposer, detractor, adversary, antagonist”, in Google Books Ngram Viewer.

Anagrams

• poopers, propose

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin opponere, with conjugation based on poser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.po.ze/

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Verb

opposer

1. to oppose
2. (reflexive, with à) to oppose, to be opposed to

Conjugation

Conjugation of opposer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	opposer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	opposant /ɔ.po.zɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		opposé /ɔ.po.ze/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	oppose /ɔ.poz/	opposes /ɔ.poz/	oppose /ɔ.poz/	opposons /ɔ.po.zɔ̃/	opposez /ɔ.po.ze/	opposent /ɔ.poz/
	imperfect	opposais /ɔ.po.zɛ/	opposais /ɔ.po.zɛ/	opposait /ɔ.po.zɛ/	opposions /ɔ.po.zjɔ̃/	opposiez /ɔ.po.zje/	opposaient /ɔ.po.zɛ/
	past historic2	opposai /ɔ.po.ze/	opposas /ɔ.po.za/	opposa /ɔ.po.za/	opposâmes /ɔ.po.zam/	opposâtes /ɔ.po.zat/	opposèrent /ɔ.po.zɛʁ/
	future	opposerai /ɔ.poz.ʁe/	opposeras /ɔ.poz.ʁa/	opposera /ɔ.poz.ʁa/	opposerons /ɔ.poz.ʁɔ̃/	opposerez /ɔ.poz.ʁe/	opposeront /ɔ.poz.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	opposerais /ɔ.poz.ʁɛ/	opposerais /ɔ.poz.ʁɛ/	opposerait /ɔ.poz.ʁɛ/	opposerions /ɔ.po.zə.ʁjɔ̃/	opposeriez /ɔ.po.zə.ʁje/	opposeraient /ɔ.poz.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	oppose /ɔ.poz/	opposes /ɔ.poz/	oppose /ɔ.poz/	opposions /ɔ.po.zjɔ̃/	opposiez /ɔ.po.zje/	opposent /ɔ.poz/
	imperfect2	opposasse /ɔ.po.zas/	opposasses /ɔ.po.zas/	opposât /ɔ.po.za/	opposassions /ɔ.po.za.sjɔ̃/	opposassiez /ɔ.po.za.sje/	opposassent /ɔ.po.zas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	oppose /ɔ.poz/	—	opposons /ɔ.po.zɔ̃/	opposez /ɔ.po.ze/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: opoze

Further reading

• “opposer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• propose, proposé

Old French

Verb

opposer

1. alternative form of oposer