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| Main Entry: | adversary |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | opponent |
| Synonyms: | antagonist, attacker, bandit, competitor, contestant, enemy, foe, match, rival, bad person, opposer, opposite number, oppugner |
| Antonyms: | ally, assistant, backer, friend, helper, helpmate, supporter |
| Main Entry: | antagonist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person causing problem |
| Synonyms: | adversary, bandit*, competitor, enemy, foe, match, opponent, rival, angries, bad person, contender, crip, opposer, opposite number, oppugnant |
| 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: | bête noire |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disliked person |
| Synonyms: | adversary, anathema, antagonist, bad news*, bad news, bane, bugbear, competitor, curse, devil, enemy, foe, opponent, plague, rival, trouble, bitter enemy, pet hate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | combatant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fighter |
| Synonyms: | adversary, antagonist, assailant, attacker, belligerent, enemy, foe, soldier, warrior, battler, contender, serviceman |
| Main Entry: | competitor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person willing to enter contest |
| Synonyms: | adversary, antagonist, challenger, competition, contestant, dark horse*, favorite, opponent, opposition, rival, corival, emulator |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | contestant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | competitor |
| Synonyms: | adversary, antagonist, aspirant, candidate, challenger, combatant, dark horse*, entrant, favorite, hopeful, member, participant, player, rival, warrior, battler, contender, contester, disputant, scrapper, team member |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | devil |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | demon |
| Synonyms: | Lucifer, Prince of Darkness, Satan, adversary, bête noire, beast, brute, dastard, enfant terrible*, fiend, genie, hellion, imp, knave, monster, ogre, rogue, scamp, scoundrel, villain, Beelzebub, Mephistopheles, archfiend, common enemy, diablo, djinn, dybbuk, evil one, the Erinyes, the Furies, the dickens |
| Antonyms: | angel, god |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | enemy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | someone hated or competed against |
| Synonyms: | adversary, agent, antagonist, assailant, assassin, attacker, bandit, betrayer, competitor, criminal, detractor, fifth column, foe, guerrilla, informer, invader, murderer, opponent, opposition, rebel, revolutionary, rival, spy, terrorist, traitor, villain, archenemy, asperser, backbiter, bad person, calumniator, contender, defamer, defiler, disputant, emulator, falsifier, inquisitor, other side, prosecutor, saboteur, seditionist, slanderer, traducer, vilifier |
| Antonyms: | aide, ally, assistant, confidante, friend, helper |
| Main Entry: | foe |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is an opponent |
| Synonyms: | adversary, antagonist, enemy, rival, anti*, hostile party |
| Antonyms: | friend |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | nemesis |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bane |
| Synonyms: | adversary, affliction, bête noire, curse, infliction, opponent, plague, rival, scourge, torment, ruination |
| Main Entry: | opponent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person with whom one competes |
| Synonyms: | adversary, antagonist, aspirant, assailant, bandit*, candidate, challenger, competitor, con, contestant, dark horse*, enemy, entrant, foe, match, opposition, player, rival, anti*, bidder, counteragent, disputant, dissentient, litigant, opposer, oppugnant |
| Antonyms: | ally, associate, colleague, helper |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rival |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who opposes in competition |
| Synonyms: | adversary, antagonist, bandit, buddy, challenger, competition, competitor, contestant, entrant, equal, equivalent, match, opponent, peer, contender, emulator, opposite number |
| Antonyms: | associate, cohort, companion |
| Main Entry: | bete noire |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | detested person |
| Synonyms: | adversary, anathema, antagonist, bad news, bane, bugbear, competitor, curse, devil, enemy, foe, opponent, plague, rival, trouble, bitter enemy |
| Antonyms: | favorite |
| Main Entry: | match |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | counterpart, equal |
| Synonyms: | adversary, antagonist, approximation, companion, competitor, complement, copy, correlate, dead ringer*, double, duplicate, equivalent, like, mate, opponent, parallel, peer, replica, rival, spitting image*, twin, analogue, countertype, lookalike, ringer |
| Antonyms: | clash, difference, imbalance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | opposition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person, people competing |
| Synonyms: | adversary, antagonist, enemy, foe, iconoclast, opponent, rebel, rival, disputant, other side |
| Antonyms: | team, teammates |
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