| 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 |
| 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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| Main Entry: | adversary |
| 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: | anathema |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something hated |
Synonyms: |
abomination, bane, bugbear, detestation, enemy, hate, pariah |
Antonyms: |
love |
| Main Entry: | antagonist |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | assailant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | attacker |
Synonyms: |
aggressor, antagonist, assaulter, bushwhacker, enemy, foe, goon, hit person, invader, mugger, opposite number, trigger person |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | foe |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is an opponent |
Synonyms: |
adversary, antagonist, anti*, enemy, hostile party, rival |
Antonyms: |
friend |
| 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 |