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| 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 |
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| Synonyms: |
-nouns
enemy; antagonist; foe, foeman; open enemy, bitter enemy; opponent [more]; 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 |
| 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: | assailant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | attacker |
| Synonyms: | aggressor, antagonist, enemy, foe, goon*, invader, mugger, assaulter, bushwhacker, hit person, opposite number, trigger person |
* = 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: | 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: | 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: | opposed/opposing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | antagonistic, against |
| Synonyms: | allergic*, antipathetic, antithetical, averse, clashing, conflicting, confronting, contrary, counter, crossing, defensive, disagreeing, enemy, facing, hostile, incompatible, inimical, irreconcilable, opposite, repelling, restrictive, rival, warring, against the grain, anti*, antonymous, at cross-purposes, at odds, battling, combating, controverting, defending, denying, disputed, disputing, dissentient, exposing, gainsaying, in opposition, objecting, obstructive, protesting, up against |
| Antonyms: | assisting, compatible, helping, similar, aiding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | opposed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | antagonistic |
| Synonyms: | against, allergic, antipathetic, antithetical, averse, clashing, conflicting, confronting, contrary, counter, crossing, defensive, disagreeing, enemy, facing, hostile, incompatible, inimical, irreconcilable, opposing, opposite, repelling, restrictive, rival, warring, anti, antonymous, at cross-purposes, at odds, battling, combating, controverting, defending, denying, disputed, disputing, dissentient, exposing, gainsaying, in opposition, objecting, obstructive, protesting, up against |
| Antonyms: | in favor of |
| 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: | anathema |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something hated |
| Synonyms: | abomination, bane, bugbear, detestation, enemy, hate, pariah |
| Antonyms: | love |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | side |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | opposing person or view |
| Synonyms: | behalf, belligerent, camp, cause, combatant, competition, contestant, crew, enemy, faction, foe, interest, part, party, rival, sect, team |
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