Opponent

English

Noun

Opponent (plural Opponents)

1. An individual or group who is a rival of another.
2. One who attempts to stop the progression of.
3. One who objects to.
4. In team sports, a player of an opposite team.

Antonyms

• supporter
• proponent
• advocate

Adjectives for Opponent

formidable; political; honorable; strenuous; extreme; partizan; imaginary; worthy; determined; agile; masterful; malignant; foremost; fervent; energetic; prominent; unsympathetic.

Verbs for Opponent

capitulate to—; conquer—; discredit—; elude—; oust—; overwhelm—; rebuff—; — antagonizes; —condemns; —contends; — contests; —defends; —disputes; —maintains; —objects; —proposes; —resists; —struggles; —yields to.

Thesaurus

adversary, adversative, adverse, alien, antagonist, antagonistic, anti, antipathetic, antithetic, assailant, clashing, combatant, competitive, competitor, con, conflicting, contender, contestant, contradictory, contrary, counter, counteragent, cross, disaccordant, disputant, dissentient, enemy, foe, fractious, hostile, inimical, match, negative, noncooperative, obstinate, opposed, opposer, opposing, opposite, oppositional, oppositive, oppugnant, overthwart, perverse, recalcitrant, refractory, repugnant, rival, the opposition, uncooperative, unfavorable, unfriendly, unpropitious

Etymology

Latin from opponere, to oppose

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɒpəʊnən̩t/

Translations

a rival

Chinese: Mandarin: 對手 (zh), 对手 (zh) (duìshǒu), 敵手 (zh), 敌手 (zh) (díshǒu) Croatian: oponent (hr) m., protivnik (hr) m. Czech: protivník (cs) m., protihráč (cs) m. Dutch: opponent (nl), tegenstander (nl) Esperanto: kontraŭulo (eo), opoziciulo (eo) Finnish: vastustaja (fi), vastaväittäjä (fi), opponentti (fi), vastustaja (fi), vastaehdokas (fi) French: adversaire (fr) c. German: Gegner (de) m. (1,2,3), Gegenspieler (de) m. Greek: αντίπαλος (el) (antípalos) c. Japanese: 相手 (ja) (あいて, aite), 敵 (ja) (てき, teki)

Korean: 상대 (ko) (sangdae) (相對 (ko)) Macedonian: противник (mk) (prótivnik) m., соперник (mk) (sópernik) m. Polish: przeciwnik (pl) m., przeciwniczka (pl) f., oponent (pl) m., oponentka (pl) f. Romanian: adversar (ro) m., oponent (ro) m. Russian: противник (ru) (protívnik) m., оппонент (ru) (opponént) m. Spanish: oponente (es) m. Swahili: mpinzani (sw) Swedish: motståndare (sv) Telugu: ప్రత్యర్థి (te) (pratyarthi), వ్యతిరేకి (te) (vyatiraeki) Turkish: rakip (tr), karşıt (tr) Vietnamese: đối thủ (vi) (對手 (vi))

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Latin

Verb

oppōnent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of oppōnō