Antonyms for emulator
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : verb em-yuh-leyt; adjective em-yuh-lit |
| Phonetic Transcription : verb ˈɛm yəˌleɪt; adjective ˈɛm yə lɪt |
Definition of emulator
Origin :- 1580s, from Latin aemulator, agent noun from aemulari (see emulation). Computer sense attested by 1965.
- As in rival : noun person who opposes in competition
- As in competitor : noun person willing to enter contest
- As in conformist : noun person in agreement
- As in enemy : noun someone hated or competed against
- According to Goethe, the ancients are "the despair of the emulator."
- Extract from : « We Philologists, Volume 8 (of 18) » by Friedrich Nietzsche
- Of the same kind are the emotions which the death of an emulator or competitor produces.
- Extract from : « The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., in Nine Volumes, Volume the Second » by Samuel Johnson
- The climate is described by some emulator of Thomson to consist of "Tre mesi d'Inferno, nove d'inverno."
- Extract from : « The Argosy » by Various
Synonyms for emulator
- adversary
- agent
- antagonist
- archenemy
- asperser
- assailant
- assassin
- attacker
- Babbit
- backbiter
- bad person
- bandit
- betrayer
- bourgeois
- brick in a wall
- buddy
- calumniator
- challenger
- competition
- competitor
- contender
- contestant
- conventionalist
- corival
- criminal
- dark horse
- defamer
- defiler
- detractor
- disputant
- emulator
- entrant
- equal
- equivalent
- falsifier
- favorite
- fifth column
- foe
- follower
- guerrilla
- informer
- inquisitor
- invader
- match
- murderer
- one of the herd
- opponent
- opposite number
- opposition
- other side
- peer
- prosecutor
- rebel
- revolutionary
- rival
- rubber stamp
- saboteur
- seditionist
- sheep
- slanderer
- spy
- terrorist
- traditionalist
- traducer
- traitor
- vilifier
- villain
- yes man
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