What is another word for opponent?
Synonyms for opponent
əˈpoʊ nəntop·po·nent
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Wiktionary
English Synonyms and Antonyms
opponent
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, enemy, foe, rivalAntonyms:
abettor, accessory, accomplice, ally, friend, helper, supporterPreposition:
He was the enemy of my friend in the contest.
Princeton's WordNet
opposition, opponent, oppositenoun
a contestant that you are matched against
Synonyms:
foe, opposite, contrary, confrontation, enemy, opposer, resistance, foeman, antagonist, reverse, adversary, opposition, inverse, opposite word, antonym, resister, oppositenessAntonyms:
amicableadversary, antagonist, opponent, opposer, resisteradjective
someone who offers opposition
Synonyms:
obstructionist, opposer, obstructer, obstructor, opposite, antagonist, adversary, opposition, thwarter, resisterAntonyms:
amicableopponent, opposingadjective
characterized by active hostility
"opponent (or opposing) armies"
Synonyms:
opposingAntonyms:
amicable
Dictionary of English Synonymes
opponentnoun
Synonyms:
antagonist, adversary, rival, competitor, enemy, foe, adverse party
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
opponentnoun
Synonyms:
adversary, antagonist, rival, competitor
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "opponent":
adversary, objector, rival, enemy, opposition, opposer, foe, competitor
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#3656 | resistance | |
#3815 | reverse | |
#4784 | enemy | |
#5349 | opposition | |
#5425 | opposite | |
#6811 | contrary | |
#9071 | opponent | |
#11080 | rival | |
#12575 | opposing | |
#12862 | competitor | |
#13272 | inverse | |
#18823 | confrontation | |
#20381 | foe | |
#24833 | adversary | |
#27459 | antagonist | |
#56319 | objector | |
#100637 | antonym | |
#124547 | opposer | |
#134585 | resister | |
#159971 | obstructionist | |
#306793 | foeman |
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I cannot exclude that there is the motivation for that. We know that Navalny was definitely poisoned with Novichok by none other than the state of Russia. We know that he went back to Russia against the wishes of Putin, and, of course, now from within jail, Navalny continues to essentially ridicule Putin in the war effort by being a very vocal opponent of the war. So of course there is the motivation.
We're not in an election anymore, and it's not his opponent he's throwing off, i think it's him that he's throwing off.
I feel like it's, for me, always about the team's success, so it's hard to compare one year to another. I feel like I want to play as a championship-level player. That's what I've said for a long time. When I'm not able to do that – I said a long time ago,' When I suck I'll retire,' but what I really meant was when I'm not capable of leading the team to victory then someone else has to do the job, i feel like I can do that. Obviously, we've put ourselves in a decent position – now we're in the postseason, and we've got to take care of a very tough opponent. I just love being out there with the guys. Let's see if we can beat a really tough Eagles team. This team is going to challenge us, and I'm going to have to play good football.
This is not some anonymous whistleblower. This can not be argued to be some action by a deep state opponent of President Donald Trump, gordon Sondland, the ambassador to the EU, was Gordon Sondland and a supporter of Donald Trump.
My opponent Stacey Abrams said Georgia is the worst state in the country to live. We feel differently. We feel that it is the best state in the country to live, work and raise our families.
Translations for opponent
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- oponentCatalan, Valencian
- oponent, protivník, protihráčCzech
- Gegenspieler, GegnerGerman
- αντίπαλοςGreek
- opoziciulo, kontraŭuloEsperanto
- oponenteSpanish
- حریفPersian
- vastaehdokas, opponentti, vastustaja, vastaväittäjäFinnish
- adversaireFrench
- mótherji, andstæðingurIcelandic
- oppositrice, oppositoreItalian
- 相手, 敵Japanese
- 상대, 相對Korean
- соперник, противникMacedonian
- tegenstander, opponentDutch
- oponent, przeciwniczka, oponentka, przeciwnikPolish
- oponente, adversário, rivalPortuguese
- adversar, oponentRomanian
- противник, оппонентRussian
- oponent, protivnikSerbo-Croatian
- motståndareSwedish
- mpinzaniSwahili
- எதிர்ப்பாளர்Tamil
- వ్యతిరేకి, ప్రత్యర్థిTelugu
- คู่แข่งThai
- karşıt, rakipTurkish
- đối thủ, 對手Vietnamese
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