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

1. adjective. Situated in front; opposite; hence, opposing; adverse; antagonistic.
2. noun. One who opposes; an adversary; an antagonist; a foe.
3. noun. 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.
4. noun. someone who offers opposition

   Synonyms: adversary, antagonist, opposer, resister

5. noun. a contestant that you are matched against

   Synonyms: opposite, opposition

6. adjective. characterized by active hostility

   "opponent (or opposing) armies"

   Synonyms: opposing

Synonyms

adversary, antagonist, opposer, resister, opposite, opposition, opposing

Common word forms

opponents, opponentes

Words from these letters

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