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opponent
[ uh-poh-nuhnt ]
noun
- a person who is on an opposing side in a game, contest, controversy, or the like; adversary.
Synonyms: antagonist
adjective
- being opposite, as in position.
- opposing; adverse; antagonistic.
- Anatomy. bringing parts together or into opposition, as a muscle.
opponent
/ əˈpəʊnənt /
noun
- a person who opposes another in a contest, battle, etc
- anatomy an opponent muscle
adjective
- opposite, as in position
- anatomy (of a muscle) bringing two parts into opposition
- opposing; contrary
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Derived Forms
- opˈponency, noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of opponent1
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Example Sentences
Despite the scandal, Grimm beat his Democratic opponent by 18 points in November.
One would be hard-pressed to find an earlier opponent of the Nazis than Dietrich von Hildebrand.
Mired in ideological warfare, America faces her most formidable opponent yet— herself.
This opponent is like no other Rodgers has to face on the gridiron.
Perhaps the greatest irony remains that civil rights titan Caesar Chavez was a lifelong opponent of illegal immigration.
He realized, as his mother had realized a little while before, that in Garnache they had an opponent who took no chances.
In a trial in the King's Bench, Mr. Erskine, counsel for the defendant, was charged by his opponent with traveling out of his way.
Scarcely had he smoothed the way with one opponent than another sprung up in an unexpected quarter.
As for the slipperiness of the ground, my opponent will run no greater risks than I. I am not the only impatient one.
Augereau at first confined himself to parrying, but at last, being wounded, he thrust out and killed his opponent.
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