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Another word for adversary

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Noun

  1. One that opposes another in a battle, contest, controversy, or debate

    See also:

    support

    resist

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Another word for adversary

Noun
  1. See also:

    opponent

    See syn. study at

    opponent

    enemy

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Sentence Examples

  • He knew his adversary's overall military capability.

  • He was a determined adversary of the Reformation.

  • He was looking for, in his words, "a worthy adversary."

  • For eighteen years he showed himself no unworthy adversary of Sulla, Lucullus and Pompey.

  • In 1877 he fought a duel in which he killed his adversary, a rival journalist.

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