Antonyms for opponents

Grammar : Noun

Spell : uh-poh-nuhnt

Phonetic Transcription : əˈpoʊ nənt

Definition of opponents

Origin : 1580s, from Latin opponentem (nominative opponens), present participle of opponere "oppose, object to," literally "set against, set opposite," from ob "against" (see ob-) + ponere "to put, set, place" (see position).

noun person with whom one competes

Example sentences :

The English detected at once the maneuver of their opponents.
Extract from : « The Raid From Beausejour; And How The Carter Boys Lifted The Mortgage » by Charles G. D. Roberts

These were called Horizontalists, their opponents, Verticalists.
Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce

He had never felt a more thorough, a more passionate, contempt for his opponents.
Extract from : « The Coryston Family » by Mrs. Humphry Ward

Before their opponents knew they had been struck their heads had already fallen.
Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various

Their original numbers were less than half of their opponents.
Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum

Once his opponents had him carried to Spain chained like a common prisoner.
Extract from : « Introductory American History » by Henry Eldridge Bourne

It was no serious affair to defeat our opponents whenever we met.
Extract from : « Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight » by Mathew Joseph Holt

But his opponents will refuse to admit this of themselves, and he must allow that they are right in their refusal.
Extract from : « Theaetetus » by Plato

The tricolor has been, since the March riots, recognized as the color of their opponents.
Extract from : « Blood and Iron » by John Hubert Greusel

At this moment Cyrus appeared, cutting his way through his own opponents.
Extract from : « Cyropaedia » by Xenophon

Synonyms for opponents

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