Word Meanings - ANTAGONIST - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A muscle which acts in opposition to another; as a flexor, which bends a part, is the antagonist of an extensor, which extends it. (more info) 1. One who contends with another, especially in combat; an adversary; an opponent. Antagonist of Heaven's

Additional info about word: ANTAGONIST

A muscle which acts in opposition to another; as a flexor, which bends a part, is the antagonist of an extensor, which extends it. (more info) 1. One who contends with another, especially in combat; an adversary; an opponent. Antagonist of Heaven's Almigthy King. Milton. Our antagonists in these controversies. Hooker.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of ANTAGONIST)

• Adversary
• Antagonist
• foe
• enemy
• rival
• assailant
• Belligerent
• Contending
• engaging
• fighting
• opposed
• adverse
• conflicting
• antagonist
• hostile
• Competitor
• Rival
• emulator
• opponent
• adversary
• competitor
• cosuitor

Related words: (words related to ANTAGONIST)

• RIVALESS
  A female rival. Richardson.
• OPPOSABILITY
  The condition or quality of being opposable. In no savage have I ever seen the slightest approach to opposability of the great toe, which is the essential distinguishing feature of apes. A. R. Wallace.
• OPPOSITIONIST
  One who belongs to the opposition party. Praed.
• ANTAGONIST
  A muscle which acts in opposition to another; as a flexor, which bends a part, is the antagonist of an extensor, which extends it. (more info) 1. One who contends with another, especially in combat; an adversary; an opponent. Antagonist of Heaven's
• OPPOSITIVE
  Capable of being put in opposition. Bp. Hall.
• FIGHTINGLY
  Pugnaciously.
• OPPOSELESS
  Not to be effectually opposed; irresistible. "Your great opposeless wills." Shak.
• EMULATORY
  Pertaining to emulation; connected with rivalry. "Emulatory officiousness." Bp. Hall.
• CONFLICTIVE
  Tending to conflict; conflicting. Sir W. Hamilton.
• HOSTILELY
  In a hostile manner.
• FIGHT
  fechten, Sw. fäkta, Dan. fegte, and perh. to E. fist; cf. L. pugnare 1. To strive or contened for victory, with armies or in single combat; to attempt to defeat, subdue, or destroy an enemy, either by blows or weapons; to contend in
• OPPOSITIFOLIOUS
  Placed at the same node with a leaf, but separated from it by the whole diameter of the stem; as, an oppositifolious peduncle.
• ASSAILANT
  Assailing; attacking. Milton.
• ENGAGING
  Tending to draw the attention or affections; attractive; as, engaging manners or address. -- En*ga"ging*ly, adv. -- En*ga"ging*ness, n. Engaging and disengaging gear or machinery, that in which, or by means of which, one part is alternately brought
• FIGHTWITE
  A mulct or fine imposed on a person for making a fight or quarrel to the disturbance of the peace.
• ANTAGONISTIC; ANTAGONISTICAL
  Opposing in combat, combating; contending or acting against; as, antagonistic forces. -- An*tag`o*nis"tic*al*ly, adv. They were distinct, adverse, even antagonistic. Milman.
• EMULATOR
  One who emulates, or strives to equal or surpass. As Virgil rivaled Homer, Milton was the emulator of both. Bp. Warburton.
• ENGAGEDNESS
  The state of being deeply interested; earnestness; zeal.
• OPPOSABLE
  1. Capable of being opposed or resisted. 2. Capable of being placed opposite something else; as, the thumb is opposable to the forefinger.
• CONTENDER
  One who contends; a contestant.
• REENGAGEMENT
  A renewed or repeated engagement.
• NONARRIVAL
  Failure to arrive.
• FOOTFIGHT
  A conflict by persons on foot; -- distinguished from a fight on horseback. Sir P. Sidney.
• GREENGAGE
  A kind of plum of medium size, roundish shape, greenish flesh, and delicious flavor. It is called in France Reine Claude, after the queen of Francis I. See Gage.
• CORRIVAL
  A fellow rival; a competitor; a rival; also, a companion. Shak.
• CAMPFIGHT
  A duel; the decision of a case by a duel.
• BUSHFIGHTING
  Fighting in the bush, or from behind bushes, trees, or thickets.
• NOLO CONTENDERE
  A plea, by the defendant, in a criminal prosecution, which, without admitting guilt, subjects him to all the consequences of a plea of quilty.
• DISENGAGING
  Loosing; setting free; detaching. Disengaging machinery. See under Engaging.