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Noun
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One's opponent or competitor in a contest or conflict
opponent
rival
opposer
competitor
challenger
combatant
contender
nemesis
opposition
competition
contestant
corrival
fellow contestant
match
opposite number
other side
antagonist
foe
enemy
disputant
vier
assailant
oppugnant
dissentient
resister
counteragent
anti
oppositionist
player
hostile
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“I'm playing an old adversary on Monday, and we're both making excuses already.”
Noun
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A hostile enemy or adversary
opponent
foe
antagonist
enemy
hostile
attacker
nemesis
combatant
hostile party
anti
competitor
villain
archenemy
assailant
invader
fifth column
“He was looking forward to crushing his hated adversary into the dusty surface of the desert!”
Noun
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A person who opposes or advocates against something
protester
activist
advocate
dissentient
dissident
nonconformist
revolutionary
abolitionist
militant
objector
opposer
protestor
dissenter
opponent
rejectionist
eradicator
“Manichaeus was the furious adversary of the Law and Prophets, the strenuous champion of the devil's cause, and blind worshipper of the sun.”
Noun
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A person who opposes or expresses a contradicting viewpoint
debater
arguer
contrarian
disputer
quarreler
quarreller
squabbler
disputant
oppugner
antagonist
opponent
wrangler
scrapper
fighter
bickerer
argufier
brawler
contestant
rooster
presenter
orator
speaker
public speaker
“The primary steward must be more than a vociferous adversary maintaining steadfastly that gift-making and gift-seeking are definitely not the responsibilities of a board member.”
Noun
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Detested person
bete noire
foe
rival
antagonist
bane
curse
enemy
opponent
competitor
plague
anathema
bugbear
devil
trouble
bad news
bitter enemy
detested person
pet hate
Noun
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A very wicked or cruel person
devil
villain
rogue
scoundrel
wretch
reprobate
rascal
miscreant
monster
knave
beast
brute
savage
baddy
scamp
hound
evildoer
fiend
rapscallion
scallywag
varlet
caitiff
meany
scapegrace
scalawag
baddie
heavy
meanie
nazi
swine
barbarian
dastard
ogre
sadist
pig
terror
radge
atua
no-good
enfant terrible
bete noire
common enemy
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Adjective
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Unfriendly or aggressive in nature
hostile
antagonistic
unfriendly
unsympathetic
inimical
inhospitable
adversarial
jaundiced
negative
mortal
antipathetic
ill-disposed
adverse
aggressive
disapproving
contrary
unkind
confrontational
combative
spiteful
opposing
unfavorableUS
disavowing
nasty
prejudicial
bellicose
unfavourableUK
counter
opposed
malevolent
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“As the private sector has developed, its relations with the state have taken on more of an adversary nature.”
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