Synonyms 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.

   Synonyms:
   adversary, antagonist, competitor, enemy, foe, 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:2.7 / 3 votes

1. opposition, opponent, oppositenoun

   a contestant that you are matched against

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

   Antonyms:
   amicable

2. adversary, antagonist, opponent, opposer, resisteradjective

   someone who offers opposition

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

   Antonyms:
   amicable

3. opponent, opposingadjective

   characterized by active hostility

   "opponent (or opposing) armies"

   Synonyms:
   opponent, opposing

   Antonyms:
   amicable

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. opponentnoun

   Synonyms:
   antagonist, adversary, rival, competitor, enemy, foe, adverse party

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. opponentnoun

   Synonyms:
   adversary, antagonist, rival, competitor

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:3.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "opponent":

   adversary, objector, rival, enemy, opposition, opposer, foe, competitor

How to pronounce OPPONENT?

How to say OPPONENT in sign language?

Words popularity by usage frequency

How to use OPPONENT in a sentence?

1. Bernie Sanders:

   My opponent says that, as a senator, she told bankers to 'cut it out' and end their destructive behavior. But in my view, establishment politicians are the ones who need to cut it out, the reality is that Congress doesn't regulate Wall Street. Wall Street, its lobbyists and their billions of dollars regulate Congress.

2. Samuel Dewey:

   You're going against an opponent who has almost unlimited resources, house Intelligence's a three-dimensional game of chess.

3. Manny Pacquiao:

   It was fun, my opponent is a good fighter and boxer. He was strong. ... I think he did his best, and I did my best. I think we made the fans happy tonight because it was a good fight.

4. Apoorve Dubey:

   It is not your opponent but your weaknesses that hurt you the most.

5. Christy Smith:

   I’m calling it what it is. Radicalization and violence from extremists is the direct result of people like my opponent @RepMikeGarcia, mr. Pelosi and the family are owed an apology from you Mike. The people of this country deserve better than your abject degenerate politics.