Antonyms for enemy
ˈɛn ə mien·e·my

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:5.0 / 2 votes

1. enemynoun

   Antonyms:
   friend, ally

   Synonyms:
   foe, nemesis, backfriend, adversary, unfriend

2. enemynoun

   Someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else.

   Antonyms:
   ally, friend

   Synonyms:
   nemesis, unfriend, foe, adversary, backfriend

3. enemynoun

   A hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation.

   rally together against a common enemy.

   Antonyms:
   friend, ally

   Synonyms:
   foe, adversary, nemesis, backfriend, unfriend

4. enemynoun

   An alliance of such forces.

   Synonyms:
   backfriend, foe, nemesis, unfriend, adversary

   Antonyms:
   friend, ally

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. enemy

   An enemy in private life is one who is moved by hostile feeling with active disposition to injure; but in military language all who fight on the opposite side are called enemies or collectively "the enemy," where no personal animosity may be implied; foe, which is rather a poetical and literary word, implies intensely hostile spirit and purpose. An antagonist is one who opposes and is opposed actively and with intensity of effort; an opponent, one in whom the attitude of resistance is the more prominent; a competitor, one who seeks the same object for which another is striving; antagonists in wrestling, competitors in business, opponents in debate may contend with no personal ill will; rivals in love, ambition, etc., rarely avoid inimical feeling. Adversary was formerly much used in the general sense of antagonist or opponent, but is now less common, and largely restricted to the hostile sense; an adversary is ordinarily one who not only opposes another in fact, but does so with hostile spirit, or perhaps out of pure malignity; as, the great Adversary. Compare synonyms for AMBITION.

   Antonyms:
   abettor, accessory, accomplice, ally, friend, helper, supporter

   Synonyms:
   adversary, antagonist, competitor, foe, opponent, rival

   Preposition:
   He was the enemy of my friend in the contest.

Matched Categories

1. • Adversary
   • Military
   • Military Unit
   • People
   • Rival

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:2.0 / 2 votes

1. enemynoun

   an opposing military force

   "the enemy attacked at dawn"

   Synonyms:
   opposition, foe, foeman

2. enemy, foe, foeman, oppositionnoun

   an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force)

   "a soldier must be prepared to kill his enemies"

   Synonyms:
   resistance, foeman, foe, oppositeness, opposite, confrontation, opposition, opponent

3. enemynoun

   any hostile group of people

   "he viewed lawyers as the real enemy"

   Synonyms:
   opposition, foe, foeman

4. foe, enemynoun

   a personal enemy

   "they had been political foes for years"

   Synonyms:
   opposition, foeman, foe

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:3.5 / 2 votes

1. enemynoun

   Synonyms:
   foe, adversary, opponent, antagonist, rival, hostile

   Associated words:
   hostile, hostility, feud, enmity, inimical, antagonism

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ally

   Submitted by anonymous on November 24, 2020  

How to use enemy in a sentence?

1. Junko Ishido:

   My son is not an enemy of the Islamic State.

2. Rochelle Walensky:

   The perfect can't be the enemy of the good here, given the moment of the pandemic that we are in, [ we ] need to have a deep change.

3. Orson Scott Card:

   In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him.

4. Deputy Minister:

   We have decided to halt military operations in Salahuddin in order to reduce casualties among our heroic forces... and to preserve the remaining infrastructure, the situation is under control and we will choose the appropriate time to attack the enemy and liberate the area.

5. Herman Mashaba:

   Corruption will be enemy number one.

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