ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

keep in countenance, countenance, patronize; lend oneself to, lend one's countenance to;
smile upon, shine upon; favor, befriend, take in hand, enlist under the banners of; side
with &c (cooperate) 709.
be of use to; subserve &c (instrument) 631; benefit &c 648; render a service &c
(utility) 644; conduce &c (tend) 176.
Adj. aiding &c v.; auxiliary, adjuvant, helpful; coadjuvant &c 709 [Obs.]; subservient,
ministrant, ancillary, accessory, subsidiary.
at one's beck, at one's beck and call; friendly, amicable, favorable, propitious, welldisposed;
neighborly; obliging &c (benevolent) 906.
Adv. with the aid, by the aid of &c; on behalf of, in behalf of; in aid of, in the service of,
in the name of, in favor of, in furtherance of; on account of; for the sake of, on the part
of; non obstante [Lat.].
Int. help!, save us!, to the rescue!,
Phr. alterum alterius auxilio eget [Lat.] [Sallust]; God befriend us as our cause is just
[Henry IV]; at your service.
708. Opposition -- N. opposition, antagonism; oppugnancy † , oppugnation † ;
impugnation † ; contrariety; contravention; counteraction &c 179; counterplot.
cross fire, undercurrent, head wind.
clashing, collision, conflict.
competition, two of a trade, rivalry, emulation, race.
absence of aid &c 708; resistance &c 719; restraint &c 751; 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 † , countermine; thwart,
overthwart † ; 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 with &c (warfare) 722, 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.