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Synonyms for ENEMY
ˈɛn ə mien·e·my

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Wiktionary5.0 / 2 votes

  1. enemynoun

    Synonyms:
    foe, nemesis, backfriend, adversary, unfriend

    Antonyms:
    friend, ally

  2. enemynoun

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

    Synonyms:
    nemesis, unfriend, foe, adversary, backfriend

    Antonyms:
    ally, friend

  3. enemynoun

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

    rally together against a common enemy.

    Synonyms:
    foe, adversary, nemesis, backfriend, unfriend

    Antonyms:
    friend, ally

  4. enemynoun

    An alliance of such forces.

    Synonyms:
    backfriend, foe, nemesis, unfriend, adversary

    Antonyms:
    friend, ally

English Synonyms and Antonyms1.0 / 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.

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

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

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

Princeton's WordNet3.0 / 3 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, enemy, 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, enemy

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. enemynoun

    Synonyms:
    foe, adversary

  2. enemynoun

    Synonyms:
    opponent, antagonist

  3. enemynoun

    Synonyms:
    DEVIL, satan, arch-fiend

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words3.5 / 2 votes

  1. enemynoun

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

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

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "enemy":

    enemies, foe, adversary, hostile, hater, n.v.a., opponent, nemesis, foes, bogey

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How to use ENEMY in a sentence?

  1. Donald Trump:

    As bullets flew all around him Lt. Conner directed artillery fire, each time successfully decimating the enemy.

  2. Peter Cook:

    Our policy is not to identify wounded service members for a variety of reasons, including operational security, including privacy reasons, also, we do not want to provide additional information to the enemy that might enhance their own assessment on the battlefield situation.

  3. Hazrat Ali Ibn-e-Abi Talib, Nahj-ul-Balagha (Sermons and sayings Compilation):

    If you overpower your enemy, then pardon him by way of thankfulness to Allah, for being able to subdue him.

  4. Patrick Jephson:

    It is traditional from inside the palace to regard the tabloids as the enemy, but it is very important for royal people to remember that the tabloids are quite willing to be helpful to them and indeed have been used by them to promote causes and even to refocus news stories to suit their wishes and agendas.

  5. Ali ibn-Abi-Talib, A Hundred Sayings:

    He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare,And he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere.


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