Enemy synonyms
Category:
Part of speech:
A drug or chemical substance that interferes with the physiological action of another, especially by combining with and blocking its nerve receptor.
A person who opposes; person against another in a fight, game, debate, argument, etc.; adversary
A person who opposes or fights against another; opponent; enemy
A government with which one's country is at war
Pertaining to some aspect of the penal code or its administration.
One who is opposed to an idea or cause:
A political party or an organized group opposed to the group, party, or government in power.
enemy within the gates
A national or public opponent
borer from within
A national or public opponent
One who commits sabotage.
A group of people who aid the enemy from within their own country
One who secretly collects information concerning the enemies of a government or group.
foreign agent
A national or public opponent
A murderer who strikes suddenly and by surprise
One who commits murder.
A person who betrays his or her country, cause, friends, etc.; one guilty of treason or treachery
A person who engages in terrorism.
Retributive justice in its execution or outcome:
confederate (antonym)
supporter (antonym)
guerrilla(s)
A national or public opponent
A person who engages in combat; fighter
A person who competes; rival
A hostile person
A person or thing that can equal or surpass another in some way; person or thing that can bear comparison
The eggs or spawn of a fish, contained within or separated from the ovary, especially when prepared as food.
friend (antonym)
confidante (antonym)
ally (antonym)
helper (antonym)
assistant (antonym)
aide (antonym)
A chief enemy
love (related)
collective-noun (related)
A foe in battle; an enemy.
A person who favors or takes part in a revolution
seditionist
A national or public opponent
One who engages in armed resistance against the established government of one's country
One who invades; an assailant; an encroacher; an intruder.
the other side
A national or public opponent
hostile nation
A national or public opponent
hostile forces
A national or public opponent
Someone or something regarded as the cause of a problem, difficulty, injustice, etc.
bad-guy
(Informal) a villain
A person who attacks another.
bête noire (French)
A personal opponent
The person or persons who prepare for and conduct the state’s case in a criminal trial; the state’s attorney, district attorney, or in the case of a federal case, the United States Attorney. The person or persons who prepare for and conduct the state’s case in a criminal trial; the state’s attorney, district attorney, or in the case of a federal case, the United States Attorney.
An official whose work is examining, or making an inquisition
A person who secretly accuses, or gives evidence against, another, often for a reward
calumniator
A person who calumniates.
A participant in a dispute.
A personal opponent
asperser
One who asperses.
defiler
One who defiles.
One who slanders or defames the name or reputation of another person.
A personal opponent
benefactor. See syn. study at opponent.opponent (antonym)
Like an enemy; hostile; unfriendly
Find another word for enemy. In this page you can discover 65 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for enemy, like: antagonist, opponent, adversary, public-enemy, criminal, foe, attacker, opposition, enemy within the gates, borer from within and saboteur.