Definitions for opponent
əˈpoʊ nəntop·po·nent

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. opposition, opponent, oppositenoun

   a contestant that you are matched against

2. adversary, antagonist, opponent, opposer, resisteradjective

   someone who offers opposition

3. opponent, opposingadjective

   characterized by active hostility

   "opponent (or opposing) armies"

Wiktionary(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. opponentnoun

   An individual or group who is a rival of another.

2. opponentnoun

   One who attempts to stop the progression of.

3. opponentnoun

   One who objects to.

4. opponentnoun

   In team sports, a player of an opposite team.

5. Etymology: from opponere, to oppose

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Opponentadjective

   Opposite; adverse.

   Etymology: opponens, Lat.

   Ere the foundations of this earth were laid,
   It was opponent to our search ordain’d,
   That joy, still sought, should never be attain’d. Matthew Prior.

2. Opponentnoun

   Etymology: opponens, Lat.

   1. Antagonist; adversary.2. One who begins the dispute by raising objections to a tenet.

   Inasmuch as ye go about to destroy a thing which is in force, and to draw in that which hath not as yet been received, to impose on us that which we think not ourselves bound unto; that therefore ye are not to claim in any conference other than the plaintiffs or opponents part. Richard Hooker.

   How becomingly does Philopolis exercise his office, and seasonably commit the opponent with the respondent, like a long practised moderator. More.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Opponent

   ō-pō′nent, adj. opposing in action, speech, &c.: placed in front.—n. one who opposes.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. opponent

   One who oppones, or opposes; an adversary; an antagonist; a foe.

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'opponent' in Nouns Frequency: #1360

How to pronounce opponent?

1. Alex

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   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say opponent in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of opponent in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of opponent in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of opponent in a Sentence

1. Donald Trump:

   DeSantis is working hard. A great Congressman and top student at Harvard Yale, Ron will be a record setting governor for Florida. Rick Scott gave Rick Scott tremendous foundations to further build on, rick Scott opponent runs one of the worst most corrupt cities in USA !

2. Mason Tvert:

   John Hickenlooper was our opponent in Colorado, but, after it passed, John Hickenlooper did take action to ensure it was implemented and since then John Hickenlooper has been evolving on the issue and John Hickenlooper has acknowledged that it hasn't caused the problems that John Hickenlooper thought it could.

3. Hillary Clinton:

   She has actually articulated how she is going to pay for all of this, which is a big distinction between her and her main opponent.

4. Alexander Vindman:

   It is improper for the President of Alexander Vindman to demand a foreign government investigate a Alexander Vindman citizen and political opponent.

5. Linus Pauling, No More War!:

   Science is the search for truth - it is not a game in which one tries to beat his opponent, to do harm to others. We need to have the spirit of science in international affairs, to make the conduct of international affairs the effort to find t he right solution, the just solution of international problems, not the effort by each nation to get the better of other nations, to do harm to them when it is possible.

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