Synonyms for adversaries

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ad-ver-ser-ee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈæd vərˌsɛr i

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Définition of adversaries

Origin : mid-14c., aduersere, from Anglo-French adverser (13c.), Old French adversaire "adversary, opponent, enemy," or directly from Latin adversarius "opponent, adversary, rival," noun use of adjective meaning "opposite, hostile, contrary," literally "turned toward one," from adversus "turned against" (see adverse). The Latin word is glossed in Old English by wiðerbroca.

noun opponent

Example sentences :

It is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do not have.
Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various

Instead, now we are building bonds with nations that once were our adversaries.
Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various

For this it is which makes its adversaries say rhyme is not natural!
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 » by Various

Let the adversaries rage and swell their fills, said Luther, and as long as they can.
Extract from : « Selections from the Table Talk of Martin Luther » by Martin Luther

And at that Diet we confounded our adversaries in the highest degree.
Extract from : « Selections from the Table Talk of Martin Luther » by Martin Luther

There are signs of the contagiousness of the idea even in the house of the adversaries.
Extract from : « Mountain Meditations » by L. Lind-af-Hageby

They could not carry as much traffic as those of either of her two adversaries.
Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) » by Various

Possibly, like Mephistopheles in Faust, he may retaliate on his adversaries.
Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato

Oaths were taken on the terms aforesaid, and the citizens dismissed their adversaries.
Extract from : « Hellenica » by Xenophon

The Pale Avengers had destroyed one more of their adversaries.
Extract from : « Philo Gubb Correspondence-School Detective » by Ellis Parker Butler

Antonyms for adversaries

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