adversary

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Meaning

An opponent or rival.

Synonyms

opponent
C1
enemy
B1
foe
C2
antagonist
rival
C1
competitor
C2
opposer
challenger
C2
contender
20k
match
A2
resister
opposition
C1
hostile
C1
objector
competition
B1
peer
C2
predator
C1
vier
foeman

not a friend

baulker
withstander

opponet

foẹ

adversaries
28k

oponent

adverse party
anti
C2
balker
competitions
C2
contestant
C2
dissenter
fellow
B1
objectors
opponents
C2
opposing
C2
opposite side
other side
parallel
C1
partner
A2
Translations

adversaire
Gegner
adversario
avversario
tegenstander
adversário

αντίπαλος

ennemi
nemico
antagoniste
inimigo
vijand
antagonista
Widersacher
Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈæd.və.sɛɹi/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle English
adversarie
Cognate with French
French
adversaire
In summary

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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