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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person causing problem |
| Synonyms: | adversary, angries, bad person, bandit*, competitor, contender, crip, enemy, foe, match, opponent, opposer, opposite number, oppugnant, rival |
| Notes: | protagonist is Greek for 'first (important) actor' or 'first struggler' and by extension is used for a person who drives the action in a situation or is the main character in a literary work; the protagonist is the hero or heroine and an antagonist is his/her principal opponent |
| Antonyms: | ally, protagonist, supporter |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | inimical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | antagonistic, contrary |
| Synonyms: | adverse, antipathetic, destructive, disaffected, harmful, hostile, hurtful, ill, ill-disposed, inimicable, injurious, noxious, opposed, oppugnant, pernicious, repugnant, unfavorable, unfriendly, unwelcoming |
| Antonyms: | friendly, hospitable, kind |
| Main Entry: | opponent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person with whom one competes |
| Synonyms: | adversary, antagonist, anti*, aspirant, assailant, bandit*, bidder, candidate, challenger, competitor, con, contestant, counteragent, dark horse, disputant, dissentient, enemy, entrant, foe, litigant, match, opposer, opposition, oppugnant, player, rival |
| Antonyms: | ally, associate, colleague, helper |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | opposer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | opponent |
| Synonyms: | adversary, antagonist, anti*, aspirant, assailant, bandit*, bidder, candidate, challenger, competitor, con, contestant, counteragent, dark horse, disputant, dissentient, enemy, entrant, foe, litigant, match, opposition, oppositionist, oppugnant, player, resister, rival |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | oppositionist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | opponent |
| Synonyms: | adversary, antagonist, anti*, aspirant, assailant, bandit*, bidder, candidate, challenger, competitor, con, contestant, counteragent, dark horse, disputant, dissentient, enemy, entrant, foe, litigant, match, opposer, opposition, oppugnant, player, resister, rival |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | resentful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hostile |
| Synonyms: | acrimonious, adverse, alien, allergic, anti*, argumentative, bellicose, belligerent, bitter, catty, chill*, cold*, competitive, contentious, contrary, disapproving, dour, embittered, hard, hateful, ill-disposed, inhospitable, inimical, malevolent, malicious, malignant, militant, nasty, opposed, opposite, oppugnant, ornery*, pugnacious, rancorous, scrappy, sour*, spiteful, surly, unfavorable, unfriendly, unkind, unpropitious, unsociable, unsympathetic, unwelcoming, viperous, virulent, vitriolic, warlike |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | resister |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | opponent |
| Synonyms: | adversary, antagonist, anti*, aspirant, assailant, bandit*, bidder, candidate, challenger, competitor, con, contestant, counteragent, dark horse, disputant, dissentient, enemy, entrant, foe, litigant, match, opposer, opposition, oppositionist, oppugnant, player, rival |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Concept: | Opponent. |
| Category: | 1. Conditional antagonism |
| Synonyms: |
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opponent, antagonist, adversary; adverse party, opposition; enemy; assailant., oppositionist, obstructive; brawler, wrangler, brangler, disputant; filibuster [U.S.], obstructionist., malcontent; Jacobin, Fenian; demagogue, reactionist., rival, competitor.
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| Antonyms: | auxiliary |
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