Caffeine is a purinergic antagonist that competitively inhibits adenosine at the sites of P1 receptors.
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Antagonist
//ænˈtæɡənɪst//
Synonyms for "antagonist" (110 found)
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Closest matches (22)
Strong matches (33)
Related words (55)
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More general
5 entriesAntonyms
4 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
4 entriescapable of
1 entriescoordinate
1 entriesderived
11 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
3 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
14 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
102 translations across 33 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀντίπαλος noun (opponent)
Arabic
4 entries- خَصْم noun (opponent)
- خَصْم noun (main character or force opposing the protagonist)
- شِرِّير noun (main character or force opposing the protagonist)
- عَدُوّ noun (opponent)
Armenian
3 entries- ախոյան noun (opponent)
- հակամարտիկ noun (opponent)
- հակառակորդ noun (opponent)
Bengali
1 entries- প্রতিপক্ষ noun (opponent)
Catalan
2 entries- antagonista noun (opponent)
- antagonista noun (chemical)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 對手 /对手 noun (opponent)
- 拮抗劑 /拮抗剂 noun (chemical)
- 拮抗肌 noun (muscle)
- 敵手 /敌手 noun (opponent)
Esperanto
3 entries- antagonisto noun (opponent)
- kontraŭbatalanto noun (opponent)
- kontraŭulo noun (opponent)
Finnish
4 entries- antagonisti noun (chemical)
- pääpahis noun (main character or force opposing the protagonist)
- riidankylväjä noun (one who antagonizes)
- vastustaja noun (opponent)
French
2 entries- antagoniste noun (opponent)
- antagoniste noun (main character or force opposing the protagonist)
Georgian
3 entries- ანტაგონისტი noun (opponent)
- მეტოქე noun (opponent)
- მოწინააღმდეგე noun (opponent)
German
4 entries- Antagonist noun (opponent)
- Antagonist noun (chemical)
- Antagonist noun (main character or force opposing the protagonist)
- Gegner noun (opponent)
Greek
3 entries- ανταγωνιστής noun (opponent)
- ανταγωνιστής noun (one who antagonizes)
- ανταγωνιστής noun (chemical)
Hindi
2 entries- विरोधी noun (opponent)
- शत्रु noun (opponent)
Hungarian
2 entries- blokkoló noun (chemical)
- ellenfél noun (opponent)
Icelandic
2 entries- andstæðingur noun (opponent)
- mótstöðumaður noun (opponent)
Indonesian
4 entries- antagonis noun (opponent)
- antagonis noun (one who antagonizes)
- antagonis noun (chemical)
- antagonis noun (main character or force opposing the protagonist)
Italian
4 entries- antagonista noun (opponent)
- antagonista noun (chemical)
- avversario noun (one who antagonizes)
- concorrente noun (one who antagonizes)
Japanese
1 entries- 敵役 noun (main character or force opposing the protagonist)
Kazakh
3 entries- антагонист noun (one who antagonizes)
- кереғар noun (opponent)
- кереғар noun (one who antagonizes)
Malay
4 entries- antagonis noun (opponent)
- antagonis noun (one who antagonizes)
- penentang noun (opponent)
- penentang noun (one who antagonizes)
Māori
4 entries- hoariri noun (opponent)
- kaitāwari noun (opponent)
- kiritoariri noun (one who antagonizes)
- whewheia noun (opponent)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- hevdij noun (opponent)
Norwegian
1 entries- Kjemisk noun (chemical)
Persian
4 entries- حریف noun (opponent)
- دشمن noun (one who antagonizes)
- رقیب noun (opponent)
- مخالف noun (one who antagonizes)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Jäajna noun (opponent)
Polish
4 entries- antagonista noun (opponent)
- antagonista noun (one who antagonizes)
- antagonista noun (chemical)
- antagonista noun (main character or force opposing the protagonist)
Portuguese
3 entries- antagonista noun (opponent)
- antagonista noun (one who antagonizes)
- antagonista noun (chemical)
Romanian
3 entries- antagonist noun (opponent)
- antagonist noun (main character or force opposing the protagonist)
- oponent noun (opponent)
Russian
2 entries- антагони́ст noun (opponent)
- антагони́ст noun (one who antagonizes)
Slovak
1 entries- antagonista noun (opponent)
Spanish
2 entries- antagonista noun (opponent)
- antagonista noun (one who antagonizes)
Swedish
4 entries- antagonist noun (opponent)
- antagonist noun (chemical)
- antagonist noun (main character or force opposing the protagonist)
- antagonist noun (muscle)
Tagalog
1 entries- kontrabida noun (main character or force opposing the protagonist)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
The antagonist of the book was introduced on the second page.
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Despite being the antagonist in the movie, I liked her character.
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The antagonist is simultaneously a strawman for everything the author hates and the most likeable character by several orders of magnitude.
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