The meaning of Adversary

noun

A person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary.

Usage examples:

He turned to confront his antagonist

noun

A person who opposes or disagrees with another

noun

A person who engages in a contest.

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New championship challengers

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Someone who tries to win a competition and achieve a position, esp. in politics or sports, against someone who has won it and now has that position

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An aide to buchanan said the conservative challenger for the presidency would hold a press conferen…

noun

A person or nation engaged in fighting during a war.

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In the long russo-swedish conflict, both combatants endured terrible sacrifices

adjective

Engaged in fighting during a war.

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All the combatant armies went to war with machine guns

noun

A person who fights in a war

noun

The activity or condition of striving to gain or win something by defeating or establishing superiority over others.

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There is fierce competition between banks

noun

An activity done by a number of people or organizations, each of which is trying to do better than all of the others

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[ u ] competition for the job was fierce., [ u ] traditional booksellers face stiff competition fro…

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The situation in which people or businesses are trying to be more successful than each other, for example by making more sales in a market

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There has always been competition between the auto manufacturers., stiff/fierce/strong/tough compet…

noun

A person who takes part in a sporting contest.

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Two competitors were banned for taking drugs

noun

A person, product, company, etc. that is trying to compete with others, for example, by trying to make bigger sales in a particular market

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Chief/main/major competitor at least one major competitor is gearing up to provide local service at…

noun

A person or group competing with others to achieve something.

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The major contenders in the football championship

noun

One of several competitors having an equal claim to someone or something, especially a rival suitor.

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He doth suspect corrivals in his love

noun

A person who is actively opposed or hostile to someone or something.

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The traditional enemies of his tribe

noun

A person who hates or opposes another person and tries to harm that person

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Some enemies are spreading nasty gossip about her., he views the press as the enemy., he was charge…

noun

An enemy or opponent.

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His work was praised by friends and foes alike

abbreviation

Friends of the earth.

noun

An enemy, or a competitor

Usage examples:

Foes of the plan were there to voice their concerns.

noun

The inescapable agent of someone's or something's downfall.

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Injury, consistently his nemesis, struck him down during the match

proper noun

A goddess usually portrayed as the agent of divine punishment for wrongdoing or presumption (hubris).

noun

Someone's nemesis is a person or thing that is very difficult for them to defeat.

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The tax increases proved to be the president's political nemesis.

noun

Someone who competes with or opposes another in a contest, game, or argument.

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He beat his republican opponent by a landslide margin

noun

A person who disagrees with something and speaks against it or tries to change it

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Opponents of the project fear it will attract undesirables., his chief opponent in the november ele…

noun

Resistance or dissent, expressed in action or argument.

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There was considerable opposition to the proposal

noun

Disagreement with something, often by speaking or fighting against it, or (esp. in politics) the people or group who are not in power

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The proposal faces strong opposition., they expect to defeat the opposition.

noun

A person or thing competing with another for the same objective or for superiority in the same field of activity.

Usage examples:

He has no serious rival for the job

verb

Be or seem to be equal or comparable to.

Usage examples:

He was a photographer whose fame rivalled that of his subjects

noun

A person, group, or organization competing with others for the same thing or in the same area

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Business/political rivals, no computer can rival a human brain.