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attacker
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | aggressor |
| Synonyms: | assailant, assaulter, mugger, raider, traducer |
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| Main Entry: | combatant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fighter |
| Synonyms: | adversary, antagonist, assailant, attacker, battler, belligerent, contender, enemy, foe, serviceman, soldier, warrior |
| Main Entry: | critic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | faultfinder, detractor |
| Synonyms: | aristarch, attacker, backseat driver, belittler, blamer, carper, caviler, censor, censurer, complainant, complainer, defamer, disapprover, disparager, disputer, doubter, fretter, hypercritic, maligner, muckraker, mud-slinger, nagger, nit-picker, panner, quibbler, reviler, scolder, sidewalk superintendent, slanderer, vilifier, worrier, zapper |
| Antonyms: | complimenter, praiser |
| 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: | invader |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trespasser |
| Synonyms: | alien, attacker, attacker, intruder |
| Main Entry: | niggler |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | critic |
| Synonyms: | aristarch, attacker, backseat driver, belittler, blamer, carper, caviler, censor, censurer, complainant, complainer, criticizer, defamer, disapprover, disparager, disputer, doubter, faultfinder, fretter, hypercritic, maligner, muckraker, mud-slinger, nagger, nit-picker, nitpicker, panner, quibbler, reviler, scolder, sidewalk superintendent, slanderer, vilifier, worrier, zapper |
| Main Entry: | nitpicker |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | critic |
| Synonyms: | aristarch, attacker, backseat driver, belittler, blamer, carper, caviler, censor, censurer, complainant, complainer, criticizer, defamer, disapprover, disparager, disputer, doubter, faultfinder, fretter, hypercritic, maligner, muckraker, mud-slinger, nagger, niggler, nit-picker, panner, quibbler, reviler, scolder, sidewalk superintendent, slanderer, vilifier, worrier, zapper |
| Main Entry: | quibbler |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | critic |
| Synonyms: | aristarch, attacker, backseat driver, belittler, blamer, carper, caviler, censor, censurer, complainant, complainer, criticizer, defamer, disapprover, disparager, disputer, doubter, faultfinder, fretter, hypercritic, maligner, muckraker, mud-slinger, nagger, niggler, nit-picker, nitpicker, panner, reviler, scolder, sidewalk superintendent, slanderer, vilifier, worrier, zapper |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Concept: | Enemy. |
| Category: | 1. Social Affections |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
enemy; antagonist; foe, foeman; open enemy, bitter enemy; opponent; back friend. public enemy, enemy to society.
-phrases
every hand being against one; "he makes no friend who never made a foe" [Tennyson].
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| Antonyms: | friend |
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