| NOUN | person | opponent, opposition, opposite | a contestant that you are matched against |
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| person | opponent, adversary, antagonist, opposer, resister | someone who offers opposition | |
| ADJECTIVE | all | opponent, opposing | characterized by active / active hostility |
| Sounds | ahpow'nahnt | |
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| Rhymes | abandonment ... wonderment: 671 rhymes with ahnt... | |
| Meaning | Characterized by active / active hostility. | |
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| Example | "opponent (or opposing) armies" | |
| Synonym | opposing | |
| Broader | hostile | Characterized by enmity / enmity or ill ... / ill will |
| Catalan | oposat | |
| Nouns | opponent | someone who offers opposition |
| Verbs | oppose | be resistant to |
| oppose | be against | |
| oppose | set into opposition or rivalry | |
| oppose | fight against or resist strongly | |
| oppose | act against or in opposition to | |
| Meaning | A contestant that you are matched against. | |
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| Synonyms | opposition, opposite | |
| Broader | contestant | A person who participates in competitions |
| Spanish | contraria, contrario, oponente, oposición | |
| Catalan | contrària, contrari, oponent | |
| Verbs | oppose | set into opposition or rivalry |
| Meaning | someone who offers opposition. | |
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| Synonyms | adversary, antagonist, opposer, resister | |
| Instances | Antichrist | (Christianity) the adversary of Christ (or Christianity) mentioned in the New Testament |
| Narrower | Luddite | Any opponent of technological progress |
| dueler, dueller, duelist, duellist | A person who fights duels / duels | |
| enemy, foe, foeman, opposition | An armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force) | |
| withstander | An opponent who resists with force or resolution | |
| Broader | person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul | A human being |
| Opposite | agonist | someone involved in a contest / contest or battle (as in an agon) |
| Spanish | adversaria, adversario, antagonista, contendedor, contraria, contrario, enemigo, oponente, opositor | |
| Catalan | adversària, adversari, antagonista, contrària, contrari, opositor | |
| Adjectives | opponent | characterized by active / active hostility |
| Verbs | oppose | be against |
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