Word Meanings - ENEMY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One hostile to another; one who hates, and desires or attempts the injury of, another; a foe; an adversary; as, an enemy of or to a person; an enemy to truth, or to falsehood. To all good he enemy was still. Spenser. I say unto you, Love

Additional info about word: ENEMY

One hostile to another; one who hates, and desires or attempts the injury of, another; a foe; an adversary; as, an enemy of or to a person; an enemy to truth, or to falsehood. To all good he enemy was still. Spenser. I say unto you, Love your enemies. Matt. v. 44. The enemy , the hostile force. In this sense it is construed with the verb and pronoun either in the singular or the plural, but more commonly in the singular; as, we have met the enemy and he is ours or they are ours. It was difficult in such a country to track the enemy. It was impossible to drive him to bay. Macaulay. Syn. -- Foe; antagonist; opponent. See Adversary.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of ENEMY)

• Adversary
• Antagonist
• foe
• enemy
• rival
• assailant
• opponent
• competitor

Related words: (words related to ENEMY)

• RIVALESS
  A female rival. Richardson.
• 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
• ASSAILANT
  Assailing; attacking. Milton.
• 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.
• COMPETITOR
  1. One who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; a rival. And can not brook competitors in love. Shak. 2. An associate; a confederate. Every hour more competitors Flock to their aid, and still their
• RIVALSHIP
  Rivalry. B. Jonson.
• RIVALRY
  The act of rivaling, or the state of being a rival; a competition. "Keen contention and eager rivalries." Jeffrey. Syn. -- Emulation; competition. See Emulation.
• COMPETITORY
  Acting in competition; competing; rival.
• ADVERSARY
  One who is turned against another or others with a design to oppose or resist them; a member of an opposing or hostile party; an opponent; an antagonist; an enemy; a foe. His ancient knot of dangerous adversaries. Shak. Agree with thine adversary
• ENEMY
  One hostile to another; one who hates, and desires or attempts the injury of, another; a foe; an adversary; as, an enemy of or to a person; an enemy to truth, or to falsehood. To all good he enemy was still. Spenser. I say unto you, Love
• OPPONENT
  Situated in front; opposite; hence, opposing; adverse; antagonistic. Pope. (more info) or place against, to oppose; ob + ponere to place. See
• RIVALITY
  1. Rivalry; competition. 2. Equality, as of right or rank. hak.
• RIVAL
  having the same brook in common, rivals, fr. rivalis belonging to a 1. A person having a common right or privilege with another; a partner. If you do meet Horatio and Marcellus, The rivals of my watch, bid them make haste. Shak. 2. One who is in
• NONARRIVAL
  Failure to arrive.
• CORRIVAL
  A fellow rival; a competitor; a rival; also, a companion. Shak.
• ARCHENEMY
  A principal enemy. Specifically, Satan, the grand adversary of mankind. Milton.
• QUADRIVALVULAR
  Having four valves; quadrivalve.
• TRIVALVULAR
  Having three valves; three-valved.
• TRIVALENCE
  The quality or state of being trivalent.
• QUADRIVALENCE
  The quality or state of being quadrivalent; tetravalence.
• OUTRIVAL
  To surpass in a rivalry.
• QUADRIVALENT
  Having a valence of four; capable of combining with, being replaced by, or compared with, four monad atoms; tetravalent; -- said of certain atoms and radicals; thus, carbon and silicon are quadrivalent elements.
• SHRIVALTY
  Shrievalty. Johnson.
• TRIVALVE
  Anything having three valves, especially a shell.