DISAGREES Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

disagrees

verb

present tense third-person singular of disagree

as in differs

to have a different opinion the leader thought we were still headed north on the trail, but I disagreed

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Recent Examples of disagrees Garden Homes said a clause in state law exempts it from the town’s temporary moratorium on 8-30g applications, but the town disagrees. — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 25 Aug. 2026 Rizzo disagrees that saying women should be protected in their own spaces is political, homophobic or transphobic. — Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2026 Ryan Shannon, a senior attorney at Defenders of Wildlife, a conservation nonprofit, disagrees. — Medara Udoekong, Christian Science Monitor, 19 Aug. 2026 No one disagrees about the need to recruit and retain first responders and pay them accordingly. — The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 18 Aug. 2026 Harmeet Dhillon, the Justice Department’s assistant attorney general for civil rights, said the administration disagrees with the ruling and is assessing next steps. — Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026 Whether the state agrees or disagrees to the changes then could lead to decertification, but the process laid out in the law appears to include multiple steps and opportunities for discussion. — Rosanna Xia, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026 Notably, few major artists have joined BTS's boycott outright, and that is not evidence the industry disagrees with them. — Olivia Shalhoup, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026 Meanwhile, the watershed department disagrees with the state’s findings and maintains its position that the chemical spill did not cause the fish kill. — Kristi Swartz, AJC.com, 28 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for disagrees

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Although Black Lives Matter greatly increased public awareness of racial profiling, support for the movement in the United States differs significantly between Republicans and Democrats and between whites and racial minorities.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026
This group differs from the team captains fans see on game days.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2026

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Jessica Libby-Roberts, an assistant professor and exoplanet scientist at the University of Tampa, points to Pluto's unusual orbit, small size, and similarities to other Kuiper Belt objects as reasons the dwarf-planet classification makes sense.

— Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 24 Aug. 2026
In nature, chaos appears in systems like turbulent water and the weather — situations where objects that start close together quickly end up in drastically different places.

— Shalma Wegsman, Quanta Magazine, 12 Aug. 2026

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Conversely, another group argues that given the upside risks to inflation, the year-end rate should likely be higher than the current target range.

— , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
Dolly Parton stood up for undocumented immigrants when few others would, argues columnist Gustavo Arellano.

— Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026