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enemy
noun as in someone hated or competed against
Strongest matches
adversary, agent, antagonist, attacker, bandit, competitor, criminal, detractor, foe, guerrilla, invader, murderer, opponent, opposition, prosecutor, rebel, rival, spy, terrorist, traitor, villain
Strong matches
assailant, assassin, backbiter, betrayer, contender, defamer, defiler, disputant, emulator, falsifier, informer, inquisitor, revolutionary, saboteur, slanderer, traducer, vilifier
Weak matches
archenemy, asperser, bad person, calumniator, fifth column, other side, seditionist
Example Sentences
They are everyday people who have fallen on the wrong side of the “friends and enemies” distinction that animates Trumpism and its theater of cruelty.
In simple terms, this is propaganda designed to persuade citizens that the government is strong, its enemies evil and that fellow citizens – “real Americans” – think the same way.
Both Oleksandr and Fedir say what they saw at the kindergarten has done little to change their view of the enemy.
“Every step you take, every decision you make, and every word you say is a declaration of war against the enemy.”
Who cares about American laws that state only Congress — not the president — can declare war against our enemies?
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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