Foe

/fəʊ/

Synonyms for "foe" (41 found)

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Closest matches (9)

Noun(7 words)

enemy adversaries adverser antagonist antagonists antis archenemies

adversary antagonist

Strong matches (12)

archenemy assailantbitter enemycombatant devil enemy foeman

Noun(5 words)

archenemy boche enemies gog hazard

Related words (20)

Noun(11 words)

hostile hun jerry menace nemeses nemesis opponentopposed toopposition satan threat

muddlementopen enemyopponentopposing partyopposite camppublic enemysworn enemythe loyal oppositionthe opposition

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6 relation types

More general

14 entries

adversary antagonist challenge challenger competition competitor contender entity obstacle opponent opposer person resister rival

More specific

6 entries

archenemybureaucratic obstacleeconomic obstaclelogistical obstaclemilitary adversarypolitical rival

Collocations

6 entries

archenemydeadly foemilitary adversarymortal foepersonal foepolitical foe

Inflections

1 entries

foes

Derivations

2 entries

foehood foelike

Antonyms

1 entries

friend

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

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Man is a more dangerous foe to man than the elements of nature or animals in the wild.

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He makes no friend who never made a foe.

Source: tatoeba (278688)

When as brothers we unite, we’ll defeat the people’s foe.

Source: tatoeba (3351226)

Better a new friend than an old foe.

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