Dictionary Entry
opponent
opponent is a 8-letter English word with 6 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Situated in front; opposite; hence, opposing; adverse; antagonistic. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 16 · 6 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Situated in front; opposite; hence, opposing; adverse; antagonistic.
- 2noun
One who opposes; an adversary; an antagonist; a foe.
- 3noun
One who opposes in a disputation, argument, or other verbal controversy; specifically, one who attacks some theirs or proposition, in distinction from the respondent, or defendant, who maintains it.
- 4noun
someone who offers opposition
- 5noun
a contestant that you are matched against
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- 6adjective
characterized by active hostility
"opponent (or opposing) armies"
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