antagonist

antagonist is a 10-letter English word with 7 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: One who contends with another, especially in combat; an adversary; an opponent. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 14 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. noun. One who contends with another, especially in combat; an adversary; an opponent.
2. noun. A muscle which acts in opposition to another; as a flexor, which bends a part, is the antagonist of an extensor, which extends it.
3. noun. A medicine which opposes the action of another medicine or of a poison when absorbed into the blood or tissues.
4. adjective. Antagonistic; opposing; counteracting; as, antagonist schools of philosophy.
5. noun. a drug that neutralizes or counteracts the effects of another drug
6. noun. a muscle that relaxes while another contracts

   "when bending the elbow the triceps are the antagonist"

7. noun. someone who offers opposition

   Synonyms: adversary, opponent, opposer, resister

Synonyms

adversary, opponent, opposer, resister

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in antagonist:

stagnation

Common word forms

antagonists

Words from these letters

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