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against the grain synonyms

Trying to find another word for against the grain in English? No problem. Our thesaurus contains synonyms of against the grain in 38 different contexts. We have listed all the similar and related words for against the grain alphabetically.

  • affected
  • averse to
  • dyspathetic
  • hypersensitive
  • immune sensitive
  • sensitive
  • sensitized
  • susceptible
  • adverse
  • against
  • agin
  • antipodal
  • antipodean
  • antithetic
  • antithetical
  • con
  • conflicting
  • contrary
  • converse
  • counter
  • counteractive
  • diametric
  • discrepant
  • incompatible
  • incongruous
  • inconsistent
  • antagonistic
  • averse
  • contrary
  • hostile
  • nasty
  • unfriendly
  • contradictory
  • contrary
  • contrasted
  • converse
  • counter
  • inverse
  • opposed
  • opposite
  • polarized
  • poles apart
  • antipodal
  • antipodean
  • antithetical
  • antonymic
  • contradictory
  • contrary
  • converse
  • diametric
  • diametrical
  • opposed
  • opposing
  • polar
  • reverse
  • against the grain
  • allergic
  • anti
  • antipathetic
  • antithetical
  • antonymous
  • at odds
  • averse
  • battling
  • clashing
  • combating
  • conflicting
  • confronting
  • contrary
  • controverting
  • counter
  • crossing
  • defending
  • aggressive
  • ambitious
  • antagonistic
  • combative
  • competing
  • cutthroat
  • dog-eat-dog
  • emulous
  • killer
  • killer instinct
  • opposing
  • rival
  • streetwise
  • vying
  • afraid
  • allergic
  • antagonistic
  • antipathetic
  • contrary
  • disinclined
  • disliking
  • having no use for
  • hesitant
  • hostile
  • ill-disposed
  • indisposed
  • inimical
  • loath
  • nasty
  • perverse
  • reluctant
  • uneager
  • agitate
  • argue
  • clamor
  • combat
  • contend
  • contest
  • dispute
  • feud
  • oppugn
  • skirmish
  • strive
  • tug
  • war
  • wrestle
  • disagreement
  • discord
  • opposition
  • battle
  • buck
  • clash
  • contend
  • contest
  • cope
  • cross swords with
  • defy
  • dispute
  • do battle with
  • duel
  • engage
  • fight
  • go up against
  • oppose
  • put up a fight
  • repel
  • resist
  • adverse
  • antagonistic
  • antipathetic
  • at odds with
  • clashing
  • contrariant
  • contrary
  • disconsonant
  • discordant
  • discrepant
  • dissonant
  • incompatible
  • incongruent
  • incongruous
  • inconsistent
  • inconsonant
  • opposed
  • opposing
  • encountering
  • face to face
  • meeting
  • opposing
  • adverse
  • anti
  • antipathetic
  • antipodal
  • antipodean
  • antithetical
  • balky
  • clashing
  • conflicting
  • contradictory
  • contrariant
  • contumacious
  • converse
  • counter
  • diametric
  • discordant
  • dissentient
  • dissident
  • adverse
  • against
  • antagonistic
  • anti
  • antipodal
  • antipodean
  • antithetical
  • conflicting
  • contradictory
  • contrary
  • contrasting
  • converse
  • diametric
  • hindering
  • impeding
  • obstructive
  • obverse
  • opposed
  • bridge
  • cloverleaf
  • crossroad
  • crosswalk
  • crossway
  • decussation
  • exchange
  • grade crossing
  • grating
  • gridiron
  • interchange
  • intersection
  • junction
  • loop
  • network
  • overpass
  • passage
  • screen
  • avert
  • battle
  • beat off
  • bulwark
  • care for
  • cherish
  • conserve
  • contend
  • cover
  • entrench
  • espouse
  • fend off
  • fight
  • fight for
  • fortify
  • foster
  • garrison
  • guard
  • arresting
  • averting
  • balking
  • checking
  • conservative
  • coping with
  • defending
  • foiling
  • forestalling
  • frustrating
  • guarding
  • in opposition
  • interrupting
  • opposing
  • preservative
  • preventive
  • protecting
  • resistive
  • abjure
  • abnegate
  • ban
  • begrudge
  • call on
  • contradict
  • contravene
  • controvert
  • curb
  • disacknowledge
  • disallow
  • disavow
  • disbelieve
  • discard
  • disclaim
  • discredit
  • disown
  • disprove
  • at odds
  • dissenting
  • quarreling
  • agitate
  • altercate
  • bicker
  • brawl
  • bump heads
  • canvass
  • challenge
  • clash
  • confute
  • contend
  • contest
  • contradict
  • controvert
  • debate
  • deny
  • disaffirm
  • discept
  • discuss
  • adverse
  • anti
  • antipathetic
  • antipodal
  • antipodean
  • antithetical
  • balky
  • clashing
  • conflicting
  • contradictory
  • contrariant
  • contumacious
  • converse
  • counter
  • diametric
  • discordant
  • dissident
  • froward
  • adversary
  • agent
  • antagonist
  • archenemy
  • asperser
  • assailant
  • assassin
  • attacker
  • backbiter
  • bad person
  • bandit
  • betrayer
  • calumniator
  • competitor
  • contender
  • criminal
  • defamer
  • defiler
  • advertise
  • air
  • bare
  • betray
  • brandish
  • bring to light
  • broadcast
  • crack
  • debunk
  • denude
  • dig up
  • disclose
  • display
  • disport
  • divulge
  • exhibit
  • feature
  • flash
  • covering
  • front
  • revetment
  • siding
  • surface
  • adverse
  • alien
  • allergic
  • anti
  • argumentative
  • bellicose
  • belligerent
  • bitter
  • catty
  • chill
  • cold
  • competitive
  • contentious
  • contrary
  • disapproving
  • dour
  • hateful
  • ill-disposed
  • arresting
  • averting
  • balking
  • checking
  • conservative
  • coping with
  • defending
  • foiling
  • forestalling
  • frustrating
  • guarding
  • interrupting
  • opposing
  • preservative
  • preventive
  • protecting
  • resistive
  • safeguarding
  • adverse
  • antipathetic
  • antipodal
  • antithetical
  • clashing
  • conflicting
  • contrary
  • counter
  • disagreeing
  • discordant
  • discrepant
  • disparate
  • factious
  • inadmissible
  • inappropriate
  • incoherent
  • inconformable
  • incongruous
  • adverse
  • antipathetic
  • destructive
  • disaffected
  • harmful
  • hostile
  • hurtful
  • ill
  • ill-disposed
  • inimicable
  • injurious
  • noxious
  • opposed
  • oppugnant
  • pernicious
  • repugnant
  • unfavorable
  • unfriendly
  • clashing
  • diametrically opposed
  • discordant
  • discrepant
  • dissonant
  • hard-line
  • implacable
  • incompatible
  • incongruous
  • inconsistent
  • inexorable
  • inflexible
  • inharmonious
  • intransigent
  • opposed
  • reluctant
  • unappeasable
  • uncompromising
  • adverse
  • against
  • antagonistic
  • anti
  • antipodal
  • antipodean
  • antithetical
  • conflicting
  • contradictory
  • contrary
  • contrasting
  • converse
  • diametric
  • hindering
  • impeding
  • obverse
  • opposed
  • polar
  • adverse
  • antagonistic
  • antipodal
  • antipodean
  • antithetical
  • contradictory
  • contrapositive
  • contrary
  • contrasted
  • corresponding
  • counter
  • crosswise
  • diametric
  • diametrically opposed
  • different
  • differing
  • dissimilar
  • diverse
  • affirm
  • assert
  • asseverate
  • attest
  • avouch
  • avow
  • back-talk
  • be against
  • be displeased by
  • blast
  • buck
  • combat
  • constate
  • contend
  • cry out
  • declare
  • demonstrate
  • demur
  • dispersing
  • scattering
  • antagonistic
  • confining
  • opposed
  • prohibitive
  • prohibitory
  • battling
  • combatant
  • combating
  • competing
  • competitive
  • conflicting
  • contending
  • contesting
  • cutthroat
  • disputing
  • emulating
  • emulous
  • equal
  • opposed
  • striving
  • vying
  • against the grain
  • allergic
  • anti
  • antipathetic
  • antithetical
  • antonymous
  • at cross-purposes
  • at odds
  • averse
  • battling
  • clashing
  • combating
  • conflicting
  • confronting
  • contrary
  • controverting
  • counter
  • crossing
  • battling
  • belligerent
  • combative
  • fighting
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