opponent

Meaning

Noun

1. One who opposes another; one who works or takes a position against someone or something; one who attempts to stop the progress of someone or something.
2. One who opposes another; one who works or takes a position against someone or something; one who attempts to stop the progress of someone or something.
3. One who opposes another; one who works or takes a position against someone or something; one who attempts to stop the progress of someone or something.
4. (historical) One who opposes another; one who works or takes a position against someone or something; one who attempts to stop the progress of someone or something.
5. One who opposes another; one who works or takes a position against someone or something; one who attempts to stop the progress of someone or something.

Adj

1. (obsolete) Opposing; adverse; antagonistic.
2. (obsolete) Situated in front; opposite.

Synonyms

adversary

enemy

rival

foe

antagonist

competitor

contender

contestant

challenger

opposition

opposer

opposing

competition

antagonistic

match

opposite

adverse party

critic

resister

adverse

partner

fellow

anti

fighter

contradictor

objector

player

powerful

rebel

resistant

resistive

rich

🤑

vier

opposing party

other party

corrival

not a friend

baulker

addressee

withstander

adversaries

antipathetic

argue

attacker

balker

combatant

companion

competitions

contester

contrary

customer

defendant

dissenter

fight

hostile

inimical

menace

mighty

objectors

opposed

opposite party

opposite side

other side

parallel

peer

Translations

adversaire

Gegner

adversario

tegenstander

opposant

antagoniste

antagonista

Widerpart

oponente

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈpəʊnənt/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin oppōnēns (“opposing”), present active participle of oppōnō (“I oppose”).

Sentences

This was the third match Mauresmo played during the tournament where her opponent retired .

He was a vocal opponent of same-sex marriage in Canada .