Antonyms for adversaryad·ver·sa·ry

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1. adversary

   An enemy in private life is one who is moved by hostile feeling with active disposition to injure; but in military language all who fight on the opposite side are called enemies or collectively "the enemy," where no personal animosity may be implied; foe, which is rather a poetical and literary word, implies intensely hostile spirit and purpose. An antagonist is one who opposes and is opposed actively and with intensity of effort; an opponent, one in whom the attitude of resistance is the more prominent; a competitor, one who seeks the same object for which another is striving; antagonists in wrestling, competitors in business, opponents in debate may contend with no personal ill will; rivals in love, ambition, etc., rarely avoid inimical feeling. Adversary was formerly much used in the general sense of antagonist or opponent, but is now less common, and largely restricted to the hostile sense; an adversary is ordinarily one who not only opposes another in fact, but does so with hostile spirit, or perhaps out of pure malignity; as, the great Adversary. Compare synonyms for AMBITION.

   Antonyms:
   abettor, accessory, accomplice, ally, friend, helper, supporter

   Synonyms:
   antagonist, competitor, enemy, foe, opponent, rival

   Preposition:
   He was the enemy of my friend in the contest.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. adversary

   Antonyms:
   accessory, abettor, alder, friend, helper, assistant, ally, accomplice

   Synonyms:
   antagonist, foe, enemy, rival, assailant

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1. • Person

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:2.3 / 4 votes

1. adversary, antagonist, opponent, opposer, resisternoun

   someone who offers opposition

   Synonyms:
   obstructionist, opposer, obstructer, obstructor, opposite, antagonist, opposition, opponent, thwarter, resister

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1. adversarynoun

   Synonyms:
   enemy, foe, antagonist, opponent

How to use adversary in a sentence?

1. Michel Foucault:

   The strategic adversary is fascism... the fascism in us all, in our heads and in our everyday behavior, the fascism that causes us to love power, to desire the very thing that dominates and exploits us.

2. Buck Sexton:

   For John Brennan, the most recent former CIA director, to come forward and insinuate -- on national TV -- that a sitting president is the subject of blackmail by a foreign adversary is outrageous, there used to be a day when intelligence officials, whether they were in office or out of office, would not spew innuendo like that, especially such grave charges.

3. President Trump:

   He was asking an adversary for space for the express purpose of furthering his own election purposes... after my election, I have more flexibility. Obama knew the importance of missile defense in Europe but decided to use it as a bargaining chip.

4. Bob Gourley:

   Forensic evidence points pretty clearly to a very sophisticated nation state, this is a well-resourced adversary.Specifically, they are using the same tools and techniques previously associated with Russia.

5. Rebekah Koffler:

   When the Russians fight a war, they fight as a ‘whole of nation’ and they attack the adversary as a ‘whole of nation,’ as well.

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