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Antonyms for adversaries

Grammar : Noun
Spell : ad-ver-ser-ee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈæd vərˌsɛr i

Definition 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

Synonyms for adversaries

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