Lexic.us

Definition of Opponent

1. Adjective. Characterized by active hostility. "Opponent (or opposing) armies"

2. Noun. A contestant that you are matched against.

3. Noun. Someone who offers opposition.

Definition of Opponent

1. a. Situated in front; opposite; hence, opposing; adverse; antagonistic.

2. n. One who opposes; an adversary; an antagonist; a foe.

Definition of Opponent

1. Noun. An individual or group who is a rival of another. ¹

2. Noun. One who attempts to stop the progression of. ¹

3. Noun. One who objects to. ¹

4. Noun. In team sports, a player of an opposite team. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Opponent

1. one that opposes another [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Opponent

oppilate oppilated oppilates oppilating oppilation oppilations oppilative opping oppletion oppo

opponencies opponency opponens opponens digiti minimi opponens pollicis opponent (current term) opponent colour opponents opportune opportunely

opportuneness opportunenesses opportunism opportunisms opportunist opportunistic opportunistic infection opportunistic infections opportunistic pathogen opportunistically

Literary usage of Opponent

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"The only opponent of his dynastic schemes now to be dreaded was Wenceslaus II of Bohemia; but the Przemysl line soon died out, and Albert at once claimed ..."

2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1920)
"As a result of the election, as shown by the consolidated returns, It appears that plaintiff received 555 votes and his opponent Harrison, received 547 ..."

3. A Pocket Code of the Rules of Evidence in Trials at Law by John Henry Wigmore (1910)
"Same: (2) Detention by opponent. The produc- 764 tion of the original is dispensed with where the party is unable to produce it because it is detained by ..."

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