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:2.0 / 2 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, 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

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. Speaker Boehner:

   We need a robust strategy to take on ISIL.No one has seen one from The House yet. In addition to a robust strategy, I think we need to have a robust authorization. And I don't believe what the president sent here gives him the flexibility, or the authority, to take on this enemy and to win.

2. RAS CARDO REGGAE:

   I coined the word-frienimicus- using the latin I learned in catholic high school at the same time when I coined the word- reggae from the word streggae. I knew from an early age that languages in latin and greek were used by the ancients and now forms the roots of many english words. it has helped my icabulary and word power immensely. this means when a friend becomes an enemy as when an enemy becomes a friend. I learned latin and greek at an early age, mostly self taught.

3. Ken Merchant:

   This new philosophy will allow us to set an aggressive target for ourselves. Pilots will be better able to see an enemy or air-to-air asset coming their way.

4. Sally Kempton:

   It is hard to fight an enemy who has outposts in your head.

5. John Jay Chapman:

   It is just as impossible to help reform by conciliating prejudice as it is by buying votes. Prejudice is the enemy. Whoever is not for you is against you.