Opponents Synonyms and Antonyms

A contestant that you are matched against
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. litigants
  2. opposites
  3. contestants
  4. disputants
  5. antagonists
  6. oppositions
Antonyms:
  1. associates
  2. colleagues
  3. partners

Words Related to Opponents

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Opponents Sentence Examples

  • The two were well-matched opponents and their last game ended in stalemate.

  • He was one of the earliest political opponents of slavery, as distinguished from the radical Abolitionists, or the followers of William Lloyd Garrison, who eschewed politics and devoted themselves to a moral agitation.

  • His own messengers brought him vague news of unrest from the battlefront and news of there being new opponents at the battle.

  • He snatched her hand when none of his opponents remained standing and ran with her toward the crevice.

  • The Bohemian brethren, whose intellectual originator was Peter Chelcicky, but whose actual founders were Brother Gregory, a nephew of Archbishop Rokycan, and Michael, curate of Zamberk, to a certain extent continued the Taborite traditions, and in the 15th and 16th centuries included most of the strongest opponents of Rome in Bohemia.

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