Antonyms for opponent
əˈpoʊ nəntop·po·nent

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. opponentnoun

   Antonyms:
   proponent, supporter, advocate

2. opponentnoun

   Antonyms:
   proponent, advocate, supporter

3. opponentnoun

   Antonyms:
   proponent, supporter, advocate

4. opponentnoun

   Antonyms:
   supporter, proponent, advocate

5. opponentnoun

   Antonyms:
   advocate, supporter, proponent

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. opponent

   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:
   adversary, antagonist, competitor, enemy, foe, rival

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

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:2.7 / 3 votes

1. opposition, opponent, oppositenoun

   a contestant that you are matched against

   Antonyms:
   amicable

   Synonyms:
   foe, opposite, contrary, confrontation, enemy, opposer, resistance, foeman, antagonist, reverse, adversary, opposition, inverse, opposite word, antonym, resister, oppositeness

2. adversary, antagonist, opponent, opposer, resisteradjective

   someone who offers opposition

   Antonyms:
   amicable

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

3. opponent, opposingadjective

   characterized by active hostility

   "opponent (or opposing) armies"

   Antonyms:
   amicable

   Synonyms:
   opposing

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1. opponentnoun

   Synonyms:
   adversary, antagonist, rival, competitor

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1. advocates

   Submitted by anonymous on November 17, 2019  

How to use opponent in a sentence?

1. Drew Angerer/Getty Images:

   The cardinal rule of deterrence is to convince your opponent that the cost of his hostile action will by far outweigh the benefits, and President Joe Biden has done the exact opposite.

2. Mari Osaka:

   It's nice because you can give each other advice especially if you have played the opponent, i really enjoy having her around, most of the time The Williams sisters don't play the same tournaments.

3. Jean Genet:

   We know that their adventures are childish. They themselves are fools. They are ready to kill or be killed over a card-game in which an opponent -- or they themselves -- was cheating. Yet, thanks to such fellows, tragedies are possible.

4. State John Sullivan:

   Soliciting investigations into a domestic political opponent, I don't think that would be in accord with our values.

5. Donald Trump:

   I think from a practical standpoint, most people would have taken that meeting. It's called opposition research, or even research into your opponent, in the case of Don Jr., Don Jr. listened.

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