Synonym: adversary, combatant, competitor, contender, enemy, foe, rival. Antonym: ally. Similar words: component, oppose, opposed, opposition, opportunity, continent, prominent, enter upon. Meaning: [ə'pəʊnənt] 
n. 1. a contestant that you are matched against 2. someone who offers opposition. adj. characterized by active hostility.
n. 1. a contestant that you are matched against 2. someone who offers opposition. adj. characterized by active hostility. 
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(211) The side with the most men and the biggest guns will inevitably wear down its opponent.
(212) This now prevents players who are in front of the ball from advancing forward towards an opponent waiting to play the ball.
(213) He upended his opponent.
(214) Shortly afterwards, his defeated opponent Ali reappeared and was in turn acclaimed caliph.
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(215) Supporters of Mr Paul Davies, his chief opponent, believe he won on the second ballot.
(216) Each side exaggerated and widely publicized the acts of barbarism and cruelty committed by the opponent.
(217) And Anatole will attack -- with great strength and accuracy and persistence, until his opponent is left eviscerated on the sidewalk.
(218) The opponent during all of this was reduced to looking on with equal measures of admiration and amazement.
(219) If one's opponent has anti-tank weapons I should have thought the last thing to send in would be tanks.
(220) Ironically, the firm which achieved success in this area - CIT-Alcatel - was the most bitter opponent of Giscard d'Estaing.
(221) Buchanan, however, said she was pleased by the selection of abortion opponent Rep.
(222) Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side. Baltasar Gracian 
(223) His opponent, on the other hand, can hop around the country on Air Force One, basking in presidential publicity.
(224) We have an attorney general who was a leading opponent of gun control in the Senate.
(225) One alternative approach is to develop an additional base of power that your opponent does not possess.
More similar words: component, oppose, opposed, opposition, opportunity, continent, prominent, enter upon, respondent, appointment, correspondent, on end, entertainment, sentiment, chopping, abstinence, keep on, respond, sponsor, support, suppose, response, appoint, supposing, supporter, supposedly, supportive, in support of, once upon a time, be responsible for.