The manager balanced the strength of his team against that of their opponent and sighed.
Source: tatoeba (20995)
Opponent
//əˈpəʊ.nənt//
Synonyms for "opponent" (67 found)
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Closest matches (14)
Strong matches (20)
Related words (33)
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More general
4 entriesAntonyms
7 entriesSynonyms
3 entriescapable of
3 entriesderived
2 entriesrelated to
13 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
141 translations across 37 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- ἀντίπαλος noun (one who opposes another)
- ἀντίπαλος noun (one who opposes another physically)
Arabic
3 entries- خَصْم noun (one who opposes another physically)
- خَصْم noun (one who opposes another in words)
- مُنَاوِئ noun (one who opposes another)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- rəqib noun (one who opposes another)
Belarusian
4 entries- апане́нт noun (one who opposes another)
- апане́нтка noun (one who opposes another)
- праці́ўнік noun (one who opposes another)
- праці́ўнік noun (one who opposes another physically)
Bulgarian
4 entries- опонент noun (one who opposes another in words)
- проти́вник noun (one who opposes another)
- проти́вник noun (one who opposes another physically)
- проти́вница noun (one who opposes another)
Catalan
1 entries- oposant noun (one who opposes another)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 對手 /对手 noun (one who opposes another physically)
- 對方 /对方 noun (one who opposes another)
- 敵手 /敌手 noun (one who opposes another physically)
Czech
4 entries- odpůrce noun (one who opposes another)
- odpůrkyně noun (one who opposes another)
- oponent noun (one who opposes another in words)
- protivnice noun (one who opposes another)
Danish
2 entries- kritiker noun (one who objects to a policy, etc.)
- modstander noun (one who opposes another)
Dutch
1 entries- opponent noun (one who opposes another)
Esperanto
4 entries- kontraŭulo noun (one who opposes another)
- kontraŭulo noun (one who opposes another physically)
- opoziciulo noun (one who opposes another)
- opoziciulo noun (one who opposes another physically)
Finnish
4 entries- opponentti noun (one who opposes another in words)
- vastaehdokas noun (one who objects to a policy, etc.)
- vastaväittäjä noun (one who opposes another in words)
- vastustaja noun (one who opposes another)
French
2 entries- adversaire noun (one who opposes another physically)
- opposant noun (one who opposes another)
Georgian
4 entries- მეტოქე noun (one who opposes another)
- მეტოქე noun (one who opposes another physically)
- მოწინააღმდეგე noun (one who opposes another)
- მოწინააღმდეგე noun (one who opposes another physically)
German
2 entries- Gegner noun (one who opposes another)
- Gegnerin noun (one who opposes another)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌸𐌾𐌹𐍃 noun (one who opposes another)
Greek
1 entries- αντίπαλος noun (one who opposes another physically)
Hindi
3 entries- प्रतियोगी noun (one who opposes another)
- विरोधी noun (one who opposes another)
- विरोधी noun (one who opposes another physically)
Hungarian
4 entries- ellenfél noun (one who opposes another)
- ellenfél noun (one who opposes another physically)
- ellenfél noun (one who opposes another in words)
- ellenző noun (one who objects to a policy, etc.)
Italian
1 entries- avversario noun (one who opposes another physically)
Japanese
1 entries- 相手 noun (one who opposes another)
Korean
1 entries- 상대 noun (one who opposes another)
Latin
3 entries- adversarius noun (one who opposes another)
- adversarius noun (one who opposes another physically)
- obversus noun (one who opposes another)
Macedonian
4 entries- противник noun (one who opposes another)
- противник noun (one who opposes another physically)
- противничка noun (one who opposes another)
- противничка noun (one who opposes another physically)
Māori
4 entries- hoa kakari noun (one who opposes another)
- hoa tautohe noun (one who opposes another in words)
- hoariri noun (one who opposes another)
- kaitāwari noun (one who objects to a policy, etc.)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Jäajna noun (one who opposes another)
Polish
4 entries- adwersarka noun (one who opposes another)
- adwersarz noun (one who opposes another)
- oponent noun (one who opposes another)
- oponentka noun (one who opposes another)
Russian
4 entries- оппоне́нт noun (one who opposes another)
- оппоне́нтка noun (one who opposes another)
- проти́вник noun (one who opposes another)
- проти́вник noun (one who opposes another physically)
Sanskrit
1 entries- विपक्ष noun (one who opposes another)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- pròtīvnica noun (one who opposes another)
- pròtīvnica noun (one who opposes another physically)
- pròtīvnīk noun (one who opposes another)
- pròtīvnīk noun (one who opposes another physically)
Slovak
4 entries- odporca noun (one who opposes another)
- odporkyňa noun (one who opposes another)
- protivník noun (one who opposes another)
- protivník noun (one who opposes another physically)
Slovene
4 entries- nasprotnica noun (one who opposes another)
- nasprotnica noun (one who opposes another physically)
- nasprotnik noun (one who opposes another)
- nasprotnik noun (one who opposes another physically)
Spanish
4 entries- adversario noun (one who opposes another in words)
- antagonista noun (one who opposes another)
- contrincante noun (one who opposes another physically)
- oponente noun (one who opposes another)
Swedish
2 entries- motståndare noun (one who opposes another)
- motståndare noun (one who opposes another physically)
Thai
2 entries- คู่ต่อสู้ noun (one who opposes another)
- ผู้คัดค้าน noun (one who objects to a policy, etc.)
Turkish
1 entries- rakip noun (one who opposes another)
Ukrainian
4 entries- опоне́нт noun (one who opposes another)
- опоне́нтка noun (one who opposes another)
- проти́вник noun (one who opposes another)
- проти́вник noun (one who opposes another physically)
Sample sentences
29 total sentences available.
Mickey Conners made mincemeat of his opponent in the ring.
Source: tatoeba (32272)
Everything was allowed: You could kick, trip, hit, or bite your opponent.
Source: tatoeba (36782)
The communist gave in to his tough opponent at last.
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