Synonyms for opponent

Grammar : Noun

Spell : uh-poh-nuhnt

Phonetic Transcription : əˈpoʊ nənt

Top 10 synonyms for opponent

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Définition of opponent

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 :

Avoid me—place yourself in the condition of my opponent, and beware.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various

A speech by an opponent, who is known as an harangue-outang.
Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce

In the act of striking him, the torrent of his opponent's rage had reached a stop.
Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens

It was a battle of one against an opponent who had no idea battle was intended.
Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum

After which he and his opponent bowed to the tribunal, and departed.
Extract from : « The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 » by Various

The friend snatched at her opponent's ear jewels, and tore the ear.
Extract from : « Things as They Are » by Amy Wilson-Carmichael

They were Captain Eri's battle-flags, and just now his opponent was the gray Atlantic.
Extract from : « Cap'n Eri » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln

But it seemed that he had left out of his reckoning something which his opponent had counted in.
Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini

Thus his opponent will be put at more than usual disadvantage in the investigation.
Extract from : « Herbert Hoover » by Vernon Kellogg

The opponent must be killed; there could be no half-measures here.
Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini

Antonyms for opponent

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