Converse of object

• become: First, the balance of power in wage bargaining has shifted as union coverage has declined and the unions have become far less adversarial.

• make: The problem of making mediation adversarial by attaching it to courts is also interestingly identified.

Adjective modifier

• less: It makes the task of the lawyers much less adversarial!

• inquisitorial: I think back to our teaching: tribunals are supposed to be inquisitorial, not adversarial.

• cyclic: C++/STL, Linux, X. Algorithms: Weak, Strong, Strong Cyclic, and Weak adversarial Strong cyclic adversarial.

• strong: C++/STL, Linux, X. Algorithms: Weak, Strong, Strong Cyclic, and Weak adversarial Strong cyclic adversarial.

• cheap: These are quicker, cheaper, less adversarial and provide a better outcome for the court user.

Modifies a noun

• litigation: In the ordinary course of adversarial litigation counsel or solicitor owes no duty to the lay client's adversary.

• politics: In Britain adversarial politics find their nadir in prime minister's question time.

• contest: Unlike an adversarial contest, it is for the Tribunal to seek all the relevant material.

• proceeding: The inquisitorial format is a means of seeking out the truth in a way that would not be possible in adversarial proceedings.

• relationship: Therefore, you will not be involved in adversarial relationships with your clients more typical of external audit relationships.

• approach: Or perhaps an adversarial approach is easier to get.

Preposition: in

• nature: The inquiry we are conducting is inquisitorial and not adversarial in nature.

• character: Our approach in conducting the Inquiry is inquisitorial, not adversarial in character or indeed nature.