foe

Meaning

Noun

An enemy.

Adj

Hostile.

Synonyms

enemy

adversary

opponent

antagonist

rival

opposer

foeman

opposition

competitor

enmity

put down

challenger

let be

leave

let alone

baulker

adversaries

withstander

adverse party

anti

assailant

balker

dissenter

enemies

hostile

objector

objectors

opponents

oppose

predator

resister

not a friend

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fəʊ/

Etymology

From Middle English fo (“foe; hostile”), from earlier ifo (“foe”), from Old English ġefāh (“enemy”), from fāh (“hostile”), from Proto-West Germanic *faih, from Proto-Germanic *faihaz (compare Old Frisian fāch (“punishable”), Middle High German gevēch (“feuder”)), from Proto-Indo-European *peyk/ḱ- (“to hate, be hostile”) (compare Middle Irish óech (“enemy, fiend”), Lithuanian pìktas (“evil”)).