Opponent synonyms
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associate (antonym)
colleague (antonym)
partner (antonym)
helper (antonym)
A person who competes; rival
An individual or entity who asserts a right or demand to money or property. An individual or entity who asserts a right or demand to money or property.
Software or hardware that allows one computer to perform the functions of, or execute programs designed for, another type of computer
striver
One who strives.
A person, team, etc. having or regarded as having a good chance to win a contest or competition
The space shuttle Challenger, named after the HMS Challenger (1858), destroyed on January 28, 1986 with loss of its seven-member crew.
A person or thing apparently destined for, or likely to come to, a specified end
One that is equal to another:
learned colleague
An opposing contestant
One who opposes or is hostile to an idea or cause:
An enemy in war.
The Devil; Satan. Often used with the.
A person who opposes or competes with another; adversary; opponent
A person who engages in combat; fighter
A person who attacks another.
defender (antonym)
abettor (antonym)
player (related)
The party against which an action is brought.
the opposition
A rival
A person who opposes; especially a member of an official opposition
A participant in a dispute.
A participant in a contest
filibusterer
A person who filibusters
A party engaged in a lawsuit.
supporter (antonym)
A prefix whose basic meaning is “against.” It is used to form adjectives that mean “counteracting” (such as antiseptic, preventing infection). It is also used to form nouns referring to substances that counteract other substances (such as antihistamine, a substance counteracting histamine), and nouns meaning “something that displays opposite, reverse, or inverse characteristics of something else” (such as anticyclone, a storm that circulates in the opposite direction from a cyclone). Before a vowel it becomes ant–, as in antacid.
A dissident person; dissenter
An opponent that cannot be beaten or overcome.
Any person, group, or thing that opposes
A person who tries to get or do the same thing as another, or to equal or surpass another; competitor
ally (antonym)
One who opposes, one who shows opposition
A test of skill or ability; a contest:
A fellow rival; a competitor; a rival.
resist (related)
support (related)
conflict (related)
An opponent or antagonist.
Synonym Study
- Foe , now a somewhat literary synonym for enemy , connotes more active hostility
- Enemy may imply actual hatred in the opponent and a desire to injure, or it may simply refer to any member of the opposing group, nation, etc. in a conflict, whether or not there is personal animosity or hostility involved
- Adversary usually suggests actual hostility in the conflict
- Antagonist implies more active opposition, esp. in a struggle for control or power
- Opponent , an unemotional word, refers to anyone who is opposed to one, as in a fight, game, contest, or debate
Find another word for opponent. In this page you can discover 48 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for opponent, like: associate, colleague, partner, helper, competitor, claimant, emulator, striver, contender, challenger and candidate.