Synonyms for Enemy
ˈɛn ə mien·e·my

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:5.0 / 2 votes

1. enemynoun

   Synonyms:
   foe, nemesis, backfriend, adversary, unfriend

   Antonyms:
   friend, ally

2. enemynoun

   Someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else.

   Synonyms:
   nemesis, unfriend, foe, adversary, backfriend

   Antonyms:
   ally, friend

3. enemynoun

   A hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation.

   rally together against a common enemy.

   Synonyms:
   foe, adversary, nemesis, backfriend, unfriend

   Antonyms:
   friend, ally

4. enemynoun

   An alliance of such forces.

   Synonyms:
   backfriend, foe, nemesis, unfriend, adversary

   Antonyms:
   friend, ally

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. enemy

   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.

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

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

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

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.0 / 3 votes

1. enemynoun

   an opposing military force

   "the enemy attacked at dawn"

   Synonyms:
   opposition, foe, foeman

2. enemy, foe, foeman, oppositionnoun

   an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force)

   "a soldier must be prepared to kill his enemies"

   Synonyms:
   resistance, foeman, foe, oppositeness, opposite, enemy, confrontation, opposition, opponent

3. enemynoun

   any hostile group of people

   "he viewed lawyers as the real enemy"

   Synonyms:
   opposition, foe, foeman

4. foe, enemynoun

   a personal enemy

   "they had been political foes for years"

   Synonyms:
   opposition, foeman, foe, enemy

Matched Categories

1. • Adversary
   • Military
   • Military Unit
   • People
   • Rival

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. enemynoun

   Synonyms:
   foe, adversary

2. enemynoun

   Synonyms:
   opponent, antagonist

3. enemynoun

   Synonyms:
   DEVIL, satan, arch-fiend

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:3.5 / 2 votes

1. enemynoun

   Synonyms:
   foe, adversary, opponent, antagonist, rival, hostile

   Associated words:
   hostile, hostility, feud, enmity, inimical, antagonism

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "enemy":

   enemies, foe, adversary, hostile, hater, n.v.a., opponent, nemesis, foes, bogey

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1. Africa Command:

   A combined force of Nigerien and U.S. military members came under fire from a formation of violent extremists, we assessed 11 enemy killed in action, including two wearing suicide vests, and one weapons cache destroyed during this mission.

2. John Kasich:

   Just remember Reagan in Reykjavik where Gorbachev said, look, get rid of all nuclear weapons, and I remember Reagan getting back in the car and saying ‘no, we're not gonna do that,’ so, you have to have the strength to walk away. The problem, Bret, with all of this is just listen to our Arab friends who say, 'listen, if you give the Iranians all this cash by lifting the sanctions, they're going to fund Hamas. They're going to fund Hezbollah' who is the enemy to the Arab nations that we have things in common with.

3. Yuriy Ihnat:

   Ukraine has been effective in the sky because we operate on our own land, the enemy flying into our airspace is flying into the zone of our air defense systems.

4. AiR Atman in Ravi:

   Who stops us from Realizing God? Our Mind is the Enemy. It hides from us,Our Lord !

5. Lakshheish M Patel:

   Bastxrd SBI securities did not allow the traders to punch their orders in the pre-market upending time today, This mean a big game will be played with traders today. Again warning, STOCK BROKERS ARE THE BIGGEST ENEMY OF TRADERS AND MAJORLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR MONEY LOSS