Enemy

//ˈɛn.ə.mi//

Synonyms for "enemy" (142 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (29)

Noun(7 words)

foe adversary nemesis backfriend unfriend antagonist bane

adversary foe adversative adverse aggressive alien antagonist antagonistic anti antipathetic antithetic antithetical archenemy assailant attacker backfriend battling bellicose belligerent

Proper Noun(3 words)

al-shaytaan azazel beelzebub

Strong matches (42)

bitter enemy bloodthirsty bloody bloody minded bloody-minded chauvinist chauvinistic clashing combatant combative competitive competitor con conflicting contender contentious contestant contradictory contrary counter

Show 15 more words

cross devil disaccordant dissentient emulator ferocious fierce fighting foeman fractious full of fight hawkish hostile inimical invader

Noun(4 words)

bête noire corrival fiend foeman

Proper Noun(3 words)

cosmocrat dragon great red dragon

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

15 relation types

More general

16 entries

adversary antagonist challenger competition competitor contender force military force military group military unit opponent opposer people person resister rival

More specific

13 entries

archenemy archfoe archrival asperser assailant attacker calumniator combatant defamer detractor hostile ill-wisher invader

Antonyms

5 entries

allied ally friend friend ally friendly

Synonyms

5 entries

adversary backfriend foe nemesis unfriend

Related terms

5 entries

enmity frenemy inimical nemesis villain

at location

1 entries

war

capable of

5 entries

die horribly holding secret weapon side against storm castle storm gates

derived

39 entries

archenemy be one's own worst enemy better is the enemy of good class enemy enemedia enemy action enemy combatant enemy image enemy line enemy of the people enemy of the state enemy-like enemydom enemyhood enemyism enemyless

Showing 16 of 39 words.

distinct from

5 entries

allies ally foe friend friendly

etymologically related_to

1 entries

fiend

has context

1 entries

military

holonym

1 entries

opposition

is a

3 entries

adversary military unit people

receives action

1 entries

seen

related to

84 entries

adversary against against us against you alliance anemone antagonist arch arch nemesis arch rival army bad bad guy bad guys bad opponent bad people

Showing 16 of 84 words.

Translations

470 translations across 206 languages.

Abkhaz

2 entries

аҕа noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
аӷа noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Adyghe

1 entries

пыи noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Afrikaans

2 entries

vyand noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
vyandelik noun (of, relating to, or belonging to an enemy)

Alabama

1 entries

ātikànko noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Albanian

3 entries

anmik noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
armik noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
shemër noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Amharic

1 entries

ጠላት noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

ἐχθρός noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Ao

1 entries

tsükchir (Chungli) noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Arabic

4 entries

عدو noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
عَدَائِيّ noun (of, relating to, or belonging to an enemy)
عَدُوَّة noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
عَدُوّ noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Armenian

3 entries

թշնամի noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
թշնամի noun (a hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation)
ոսոխ noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Aromanian

1 entries

dushman noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Assamese

2 entries

দুছমন noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
শত্ৰু noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

4 entries

ܒܥܸܠܕܒ݂ܵܒ݂ܬܵܐ noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
ܒܥܸܠܕܒ݂ܵܒ݂ܵܐ noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
ܒܥܸܠܕܒ݂ܵܒ݂ܵܐ noun (a hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation)
ܒܥܸܠܕܒ݂ܵܒ݂ܵܝܵܐ noun (of, relating to, or belonging to an enemy)

Asturian

4 entries

enemiga noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
enemigu noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
enemigu noun (an alliance of hostile forces)
enemigu noun (of, relating to, or belonging to an enemy)

Atong (India)

1 entries

bawbyl noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Avar

1 entries

тушман noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

düşmən noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
yağı noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Baluchi

2 entries

دشمن noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
دژمن noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Bangi

1 entries

monguna noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Bashkir

2 entries

дошман noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
дошман noun (a hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation)

Bats

1 entries

მასთხოვ noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Belarusian

4 entries

варо́жы noun (of, relating to, or belonging to an enemy)
во́раг noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
во́ражы noun (of, relating to, or belonging to an enemy)
праці́ўнік noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Bengali

4 entries

দুশমন noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
দুশমন noun (a hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation)
দুশমনি noun (of, relating to, or belonging to an enemy)
শত্রু noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Bikol Central

3 entries

kaiwal noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
kaiwal noun (a hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation)
kaiwal noun (an alliance of hostile forces)

Breton

1 entries

enebour noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Bulgarian

4 entries

вра́жески noun (of, relating to, or belonging to an enemy)
враг noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
враг noun (a hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation)
душма́нин noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Burmese

3 entries

ငြိုးသူရန်ဖက် noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
ရန်ဖက် noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
ရန်သူ noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Buryat

1 entries

дайсан noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Carpathian Rusyn

1 entries

во́рог noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Catalan

4 entries

enemic noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
enemic noun (a hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation)
enemic noun (an alliance of hostile forces)
enemic noun (of, relating to, or belonging to an enemy)

Cebuano

1 entries

kaaway noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Central Huishui Hmong

1 entries

yeeb ncuab noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Central Kurdish

1 entries

دوژمن noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Chechen

1 entries

мостагӏ noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Cherokee

1 entries

ᏓᎾᏓᏍᎧᎩ noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Chichewa

1 entries

mdani noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Chinese

2 entries

дижын noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
дўшыман noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Chinese Cantonese

3 entries

仇敵 /仇敌 noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
敵 /敌 noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
敵人 /敌人 noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

仇敵 /仇敌 noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
敵 /敌 noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
敵人 /敌人 noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
敵國 /敌国 noun (a hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation)

Church Slavic

2 entries

врагъ noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
ⰲⱃⰰⰳⱏ noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Chuvash

1 entries

тӑшман noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Corsican

1 entries

nemicu noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries

duşman noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Czech

4 entries

nepřátelský noun (of, relating to, or belonging to an enemy)
nepřítel noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
nepřítelka noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
nepřítelkyně noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Dalmatian

1 entries

nemaic noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Danish

4 entries

fjende noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
fjende noun (a hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation)
fjende noun (an alliance of hostile forces)
fjendtlig noun (of, relating to, or belonging to an enemy)

Dari

3 entries

خَصْم noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
دُشْمَن noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
عَدُو noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Dutch

3 entries

tegenstander noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
vijand noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
vijandelijk noun (of, relating to, or belonging to an enemy)

Eastern Mari

1 entries

тушман noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Egyptian

1 entries

x:f:t*y-A13 noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Erzya

3 entries

вардо noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
душман noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
ят noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Esperanto

2 entries

malamika noun (of, relating to, or belonging to an enemy)
malamiko noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Estonian

1 entries

vaenlane noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Even

1 entries

булэн noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Evenki

1 entries

булэн noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Faroese

2 entries

fíggindi noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
óvinur noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Finnish

4 entries

vainolainen noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
vihollinen noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
vihollinen noun (a hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation)
vihollinen noun (an alliance of hostile forces)

French

3 entries

ennemi noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
ennemi noun (of, relating to, or belonging to an enemy)
ennemie noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Friulian

2 entries

inimì noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
nimì noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Galician

3 entries

inimiga noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
inimigo noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
inimigo noun (a hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation)

Georgian

1 entries

მტერი noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

German

4 entries

Feind noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
Feind noun (a hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation)
Feindin noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
Gegner noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Gothic

1 entries

𐍆𐌹𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Greek

1 entries

εχθρός noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Gujarati

2 entries

દુશ્મન noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
શત્રુ noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Hausa

1 entries

maƙiyi noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Hawaiian

1 entries

hoa paio noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Hebrew

3 entries

אוֹיֵב noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
אויב noun (a hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation)
שׂוֹנֵא noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Hindi

4 entries

अरि noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
दुश्मन noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
दुश्मन noun (a hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation)
दुश्मनी noun (of, relating to, or belonging to an enemy)

Hungarian

1 entries

ellenség noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Icelandic

1 entries

óvinur noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Ido

1 entries

enemiko noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Indonesian

2 entries

lawan noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
musuh noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Ingrian

3 entries

viholain noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
viholain noun (a hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation)
viholain noun (an alliance of hostile forces)

Interlingua

1 entries

inimico noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Iranian Persian

3 entries

خَصْم noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
دُشْمَن noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
عَدو noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Irish

1 entries

namhaid noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Italian

2 entries

nemica noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
nemico noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Japanese

3 entries

仇敵 noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
敵 noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
敵国 noun (a hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation)

Javanese

1 entries

mungsuh noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Jeju

1 entries

원쉬 noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Kabyle

2 entries

acengu noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
tacengut noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Kaitag

1 entries

душма́н noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Kalmyk

1 entries

дәәсн noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Kanakanabu

1 entries

cangiin noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Kannada

1 entries

ಶತ್ರು noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Karakhanid

3 entries

يَغىٖ noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
يَغىٖ noun (a hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation)
يَغىٖ noun (an alliance of hostile forces)

Karelian

1 entries

vihamies noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Kashubian

3 entries

warg noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
warg noun (a hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation)
wróg noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Kazakh

3 entries

дұшпан noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
жау noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
қас noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Khiamniungan Naga

1 entries

sàh noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Khmer

2 entries

ខ្មាំង noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
សត្រូវ noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Korean

4 entries

구적 noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
원수 noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
원쑤 noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
적 noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Kumyk

1 entries

душман noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Kyrgyz

3 entries

душман noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
жоо noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
тушман noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Lao

1 entries

ສັດຕູ noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Latgalian

1 entries

īnaidnīks noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Latin

3 entries

hostis noun (a hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation)
hostēs noun (a hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation)
inimīcus noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Latvian

4 entries

ienaidniece noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
ienaidnieks noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
naidniece noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
naidnieks noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Laz

2 entries

დუშმანი noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
დუშმენი noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Lingala

1 entries

monguna noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Lithuanian

2 entries

priešas noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
priešė noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Lombard

1 entries

nemis noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Low German

4 entries

Feend noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
Feendin noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
Fiend noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
Fiendin noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries

njepśijaśel noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Lutuv

1 entries

carie noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Luxembourgish

1 entries

feind noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Lü

1 entries

ᦶᦉᧆᦏᦜᦴ noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Macedonian

4 entries

душман noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
душманка noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
непријател noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
непријателка noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Malagasy

1 entries

dovy noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Malay

3 entries

lawan noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
musuh noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
seteru noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Malayalam

1 entries

ശത്രു noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Maltese

1 entries

għadu noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Manx

1 entries

noid noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Marathi

2 entries

शत्रू noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
शत्रू noun (a hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation)

Middle English

4 entries

enemy noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
feend noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
fo noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
fo noun (a hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation)

Middle French

1 entries

ennemy noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Moksha

1 entries

душман noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Mongolian

2 entries

дайсан noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
ᠳᠠᠶᠢᠰᠤᠨ noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Māori

1 entries

hoariri noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Navajo

1 entries

anaʼí noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Neapolitan

1 entries

nemmìco noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Nepali

2 entries

दुश्मन noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
शत्रु noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries

âdui noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Norman

1 entries

enn'mîn noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

North Frisian

1 entries

Fiind noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries

dijmin noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Northern Sami

1 entries

vašálaš noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

fiende noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
fiende noun (a hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation)
fiende noun (an alliance of hostile forces)
fiendtlig noun (of, relating to, or belonging to an enemy)

Norwegian Nynorsk

4 entries

fiende noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
fiende noun (a hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation)
fiende noun (an alliance of hostile forces)
uven noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Occitan

1 entries

enemic noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Odia

1 entries

ଶତ୍ରୁ noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Old East Slavic

1 entries

ворогъ noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Old English

1 entries

fēond noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Old French

1 entries

enemi noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Old Javanese

1 entries

mungsuh noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Old Norse

3 entries

fjándi noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
fjándmaðr noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
óvinr noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Old Occitan

1 entries

enemic noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Old Turkic

1 entries

𐰖𐰍𐰃 noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Oromo

2 entries

diina noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
diina noun (a hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation)

Ossetian

2 entries

знаг noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
фыдгул noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries

دشمن noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
یاغی noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Pali

1 entries

sattu noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Pannonian Rusyn

2 entries

ворог noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
нєприятель noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Pashto

2 entries

دوښمن noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
دښمن noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Persian

2 entries

دُشْمَن noun (a hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation)
دُشْمَنی noun (of, relating to, or belonging to an enemy)

Plains-Cree

1 entries

ayahciyîniw noun (a hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Fient noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Polish

4 entries

nieprzyjaciel noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
nieprzyjaciółka noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
przeciwniczka noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
przeciwnik noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Portuguese

4 entries

inimiga noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
inimigo noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
inimigo noun (a hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation)
inimigo noun (of, relating to, or belonging to an enemy)

Punjabi

1 entries

ਦੁਸ਼ਮਣ noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Quechua

1 entries

awqa noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Romagnol

1 entries

nemìg noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Romanian

4 entries

dușman noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
dușman noun (a hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation)
dușman noun (of, relating to, or belonging to an enemy)
inamic noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Russian

4 entries

во́рог noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
вра́жеский noun (of, relating to, or belonging to an enemy)
вра́жий noun (of, relating to, or belonging to an enemy)
враг noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Samoan

1 entries

fili noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Sanskrit

3 entries

अरि noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
विपक्ष noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
शत्रु noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Santali

1 entries

ᱫᱩᱥᱢᱚᱱ noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Sardinian

1 entries

anemigu noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries

nàmh noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
nàmhaid noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
nàmhaid noun (a hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation)
nàmhaid noun (an alliance of hostile forces)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

dùšmān noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
dȕšman noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
dȕšmanin noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
neprijatèljica noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Shor

2 entries

ырчы noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
ӧштӱг noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Sicilian

2 entries

nemicu noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
nimicu noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Sidamo

1 entries

diina noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Sindhi

1 entries

دشمن noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Sinhalese

1 entries

සතුරා noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Slovak

4 entries

nepriateľ noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
nepriateľka noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
nepriateľkyňa noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
nepriateľský noun (of, relating to, or belonging to an enemy)

Slovene

3 entries

sovražen noun (of, relating to, or belonging to an enemy)
sovražnica noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
sovražnik noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Somali

1 entries

cadow noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Southern Altai

2 entries

тушман noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
јуу noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Spanish

4 entries

adversario noun (a hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation)
contendiente noun (a hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation)
contrincante noun (a hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation)
enemiga noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Sundanese

1 entries

musuh noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Svan

1 entries

ამახვ noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Swahili

4 entries

adui noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
maadui noun (a hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation)
maadui noun (an alliance of hostile forces)
maadui noun (of, relating to, or belonging to an enemy)

Swedish

4 entries

fiende noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
fiende noun (a hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation)
fiende noun (an alliance of hostile forces)
fientlig noun (of, relating to, or belonging to an enemy)

Tagalog

1 entries

kaaway noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Tajik

3 entries

аду noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
душман noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
хасм noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Tamil

4 entries

இரிஞன் noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
சதேரன் noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
சத்துரு noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
தெவ்வன் noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Tatar

2 entries

дошман noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
яу noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Telugu

3 entries

శత్రు సంబంధిత noun (of, relating to, or belonging to an enemy)
శత్రు సైనికుడు noun (a hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation)
శత్రువు noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Thai

1 entries

ศัตรู noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Tibetan

1 entries

དགྲ་བོ noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Tigrinya

1 entries

ጻላኢ noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Tocharian B

1 entries

sāṃ noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Tok Pisin

1 entries

birua noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Turkish

4 entries

düşman noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
düşman noun (a hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation)
düşman noun (of, relating to, or belonging to an enemy)
hasım noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Turkmen

1 entries

duşman noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Tuvan

1 entries

дайзын noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Udi

1 entries

дуьшмаьн noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Udmurt

1 entries

тушмон noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Ugaritic

2 entries

𐎌𐎗𐎗 noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
𐎛𐎁 noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Ukrainian

4 entries

во́рог noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
воро́жий noun (of, relating to, or belonging to an enemy)
не́друг noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
проти́вник noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Upper Sorbian

2 entries

njepřećel noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
wróh noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Urdu

2 entries

دُشْمَن noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
عَدُو noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Uyghur

1 entries

دۈشمەن noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Uzbek

2 entries

dushman noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
xasm noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Venetan

2 entries

inimigo noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
nemigo noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Vietnamese

3 entries

kẻ thù noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
kẻ địch noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
địch noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Volapük

2 entries

neflen noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
neflenik noun (of, relating to, or belonging to an enemy)

Welsh

1 entries

gelyn noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Western Apache

1 entries

indaa noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Yakut

1 entries

өстөөх noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Yiddish

3 entries

פֿײַנד noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
פֿײַנדלעך noun (of, relating to, or belonging to an enemy)
שׂונא noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Yoruba

1 entries

ọ̀tá noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Zazaki

1 entries

dışmen (diq) noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Zulu

1 entries

izitha noun (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)

Sample sentences

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What you've done is profitable only to the enemy.

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The best is often the enemy of the good.

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We prevailed over our enemy.

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We crept toward the enemy.

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