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| Main Entry: |
adversary
 [ad-ver-ser-ee] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | opponent |
| Synonyms: | antagonist, attacker, bad person, bandit, competitor, contestant, enemy, foe, match, opposer, opposite number, oppugner, rival |
| Antonyms: | ally, assistant, backer, friend, helper, helpmate, supporter |
| Main Entry: | bête noire |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disliked person |
| Synonyms: | adversary, anathema, antagonist, bad news, bad news, bane, bitter enemy, bugbear, competitor, curse, devil, enemy, foe, opponent, pet hate, plague, rival, trouble |
| Main Entry: | combatant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fighter |
| Synonyms: | adversary, antagonist, assailant, attacker, battler, belligerent, contender, enemy, foe, serviceman, soldier, warrior |
Example Sentences
- Hungry adversaries may find it the meatiest one available.
- Preventing the spread of war will depend on strategies that recognize the shared interests of adversaries.
- We too can communicate to our adversaries that we're on to them.
| Main Entry: | competitor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person willing to enter contest |
| Synonyms: | adversary, antagonist, challenger, competition, contestant, corival, dark horse, emulator, favorite, opponent, opposition, rival |
| Main Entry: | contestant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | competitor |
| Synonyms: | adversary, antagonist, aspirant, battler, candidate, challenger, combatant, contender, contester, dark horse, disputant, entrant, favorite, hopeful, member, participant, player, rival, scrapper, team member, warrior |
| Main Entry: | devil |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | demon |
| Synonyms: | Beelzebub, Lucifer, Mephistopheles, Prince of Darkness, Satan, adversary, archfiend, beast, brute, bête noire, common enemy, dastard, diablo, djinn, dybbuk, enfant terrible, evil one, fiend, genie, hellion, imp, knave, monster, ogre, rogue, scamp, scoundrel, the Erinyes, the Furies, the dickens, villain |
| Antonyms: | angel, god |
| Main Entry: | enemy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | someone hated or competed against |
| Synonyms: | adversary, agent, antagonist, archenemy, asperser, assailant, assassin, attacker, backbiter, bad person, bandit, betrayer, calumniator, competitor, contender, criminal, defamer, defiler, detractor, disputant, emulator, falsifier, fifth column, foe, guerrilla, informer, inquisitor, invader, murderer, opponent, opposition, other side, prosecutor, rebel, revolutionary, rival, saboteur, seditionist, slanderer, spy, terrorist, traducer, traitor, vilifier, villain |
| Antonyms: | aide, ally, assistant, confidante, friend, helper |
| Main Entry: | foe |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is an opponent |
| Synonyms: | adversary, antagonist, anti*, enemy, hostile party, rival |
| Antonyms: | friend |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | match |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | counterpart, equal |
| Synonyms: | adversary, analogue, antagonist, approximation, companion, competitor, complement, copy, correlate, countertype, dead ringer, double, duplicate, equivalent, like, lookalike, mate, opponent, parallel, peer, replica, ringer, rival, spitting image, twin |
| Antonyms: | clash, difference, imbalance |
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