| NOUN | person | opposer, adversary, antagonist, opponent, resister | someone who offers opposition |
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| Meaning | someone who offers opposition. | |
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| Synonyms | adversary, antagonist, opponent, 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 | |
| Verbs | oppose | be resistant to |
| oppose | be against | |
| oppose | fight against or resist strongly | |
| oppose | act against or in opposition to | |
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