antagonist

antagonist has 7 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 10.

Definitions

• n.. One who contends with another, especially in combat; an adversary; an opponent.
• n.. A muscle which acts in opposition to another; as a flexor, which bends a part, is the antagonist of an extensor, which extends it.
• n.. A medicine which opposes the action of another medicine or of a poison when absorbed into the blood or tissues.
• a.. Antagonistic; opposing; counteracting; as, antagonist schools of philosophy.
• n.. a drug that neutralizes or counteracts the effects of another drug
• n.. a muscle that relaxes while another contracts; "when bending the elbow the triceps are the antagonist"
• n.. someone who offers opposition