adversary
Meaning
An opponent or rival.
Concepts
adversary
opponent
enemy
foe
antagonist
rival
competitor
opposer
challenger
match
resister
contender
objector
competition
hostile
opposition
dissenter
other side
opponents
not a friend
opponet
foẹ
opposite side
contestant
opposing
anti
balker
baulker
withstander
foeman
oponent
partner
fellow
parallel
peer
predator
vier
competitions
adversaries
adverse party
objectors
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈæd.və.sɛɹi/
Etymology
From Middle English adversarie, from Anglo-Norman aversaire (in Wace's Life of Saint Margaret) and Old French aversier, aversaire (French adversaire), from Latin adversārius, from adversus (“turned toward”).
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