We exorcise you, every unclean spirit, every satanic power, every incursion of the infernal adversary, every legion, every congregation and diabolical sect.
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Adversary
//ˈæd.vəɹˌsɛɹi//
Synonyms for "adversary" (88 found)
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Closest matches (18)
Strong matches (26)
Related words (44)
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More general
3 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
2 entriesderived from
1 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
6 entriesTranslations
145 translations across 57 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- παλαιστής noun (opponent)
- ἀντίπαλος noun (opponent)
Arabic
3 entries- خَصْم noun (opponent)
- مُخَالِف noun (opponent)
- مُقَاوِم noun (opponent)
Armenian
1 entries- ախոյան noun (opponent)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- rəqib noun (opponent)
Belarusian
4 entries- праці́ўнік noun (opponent)
- праці́ўніца noun (opponent)
- сапе́рнік noun (opponent)
- сапе́рніца noun (opponent)
Bulgarian
4 entries- неприя́тел noun (opponent)
- неприя́телка noun (opponent)
- проти́вник noun (opponent)
- проти́вница noun (opponent)
Catalan
2 entries- adversari noun (opponent)
- adversària noun (opponent)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 對手 /对手 noun (opponent)
- 敵手 /敌手 noun (opponent)
Cornish
1 entries- eskar noun (opponent)
Czech
2 entries- protivnice noun (opponent)
- protivník noun (opponent)
Danish
1 entries- modstander noun (opponent)
Dutch
2 entries- tegenstander noun (opponent)
- tegenstandster noun (opponent)
Egyptian
1 entries- x:f:t*y-A13 noun (opponent)
Finnish
3 entries- vastapuoli noun (opponent)
- vastustaja noun (opponent)
- vihollinen noun (opponent)
French
3 entries- adversaire noun (opponent)
- ennemi noun (opponent)
- ennemie noun (opponent)
Galician
2 entries- adversaria noun (opponent)
- adversario noun (opponent)
Georgian
1 entries- მოწინააღმდეგე noun (opponent)
German
4 entries- Gegenspieler noun (opponent)
- Gegenspielerin noun (opponent)
- Gegner noun (opponent)
- Gegnerin noun (opponent)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌸𐌾𐌹𐍃 noun (opponent)
Greek
1 entries- αντίπαλος noun (opponent)
Hebrew
2 entries- אוֹיֵב noun (opponent)
- יָרִיב noun (opponent)
Hindi
2 entries- प्रतियोगी noun (opponent)
- विरोधी noun (opponent)
Hungarian
1 entries- ellenfél noun (opponent)
Icelandic
2 entries- andstæðingur noun (opponent)
- óvinur noun (opponent)
Iranian Persian
4 entries- حَریف noun (opponent)
- خَصْم noun (opponent)
- دُشْمَن noun (opponent)
- رَقیب noun (opponent)
Irish
1 entries- áibhirseoir name (the Devil)
Italian
2 entries- avversaria noun (opponent)
- avversario noun (opponent)
Japanese
4 entries- アドバーサリー noun (opponent)
- 敵 noun (opponent)
- 敵対者 noun (opponent)
- 相手 noun (opponent)
Kashubian
1 entries- warg noun (opponent)
Kazakh
1 entries- қарсылас noun (opponent)
Korean
3 entries- 경쟁자 noun (opponent)
- 애드버서리 noun (opponent)
- 적대자 noun (opponent)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- каршы noun (opponent)
- теңтайлашуучу noun (opponent)
Latin
3 entries- adversārius name (the Devil)
- adversāria noun (opponent)
- adversārius noun (opponent)
Malayalam
2 entries- എതിരാളി noun (opponent)
- പ്രതിയോഗി noun (opponent)
Norman
1 entries- advèrsaithe noun (opponent)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- motstander noun (opponent)
- opponent noun (opponent)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- motstandar noun (opponent)
- opponent noun (opponent)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Jäajna noun (opponent)
Polish
4 entries- adwersarka noun (opponent)
- adwersarz noun (opponent)
- oponent noun (opponent)
- oponentka noun (opponent)
Portuguese
2 entries- adversária noun (opponent)
- adversário noun (opponent)
Romanian
2 entries- adversar noun (opponent)
- adversară noun (opponent)
Russian
4 entries- неприя́тель noun (opponent)
- неприя́тельница noun (opponent)
- проти́вник noun (opponent)
- проти́вница noun (opponent)
Sanskrit
1 entries- विपक्ष noun (opponent)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- pròtīvnica noun (opponent)
- pròtīvnīk noun (opponent)
- про̀тӣвница noun (opponent)
- про̀тӣвнӣк noun (opponent)
Slovak
3 entries- odporca noun (opponent)
- protivník noun (opponent)
- protivníčka noun (opponent)
Slovene
2 entries- nasprotnica noun (opponent)
- nasprotnik noun (opponent)
Spanish
2 entries- adversaria noun (opponent)
- adversario noun (opponent)
Swedish
1 entries- motståndare noun (opponent)
Tajik
4 entries- аду noun (opponent)
- душман noun (opponent)
- муқовим noun (opponent)
- рақиб noun (opponent)
Telugu
1 entries- వ్యతిరేకి noun (opponent)
Turkish
1 entries- rakip noun (opponent)
Turkmen
1 entries- garşydaş noun (opponent)
Ukrainian
4 entries- проти́вник noun (opponent)
- проти́вниця noun (opponent)
- супе́рник noun (opponent)
- супе́рниця noun (opponent)
Urdu
4 entries- حَرِیف noun (opponent)
- خَصْم noun (opponent)
- دُشْمَن noun (opponent)
- رَقِیب noun (opponent)
Uyghur
1 entries- رەقىب noun (opponent)
Uzbek
1 entries- raqib noun (opponent)
Vietnamese
1 entries- đối thủ noun (opponent)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
An adversary yesterday is a friend today.
Source: tatoeba (3950473)
If my adversary takes advantage of my weakness, it will be impossible for me to win.
Source: tatoeba (6768580)
The Master, with equal skill, and much greater composure, remained chiefly on the defensive, and even declined to avail himself of one or two advantages afforded him by the eagerness of his adversary.
Source: tatoeba (7752268)
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