Definition of antagonist

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Antagonist (n.) One who contends with another, especially in combat; an adversary; an opponent..

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Opponent :: Opponent (a.) Situated in front; opposite; hence, opposing; adverse; antagonistic..
Throw :: Throw (v. t.) To overturn; to prostrate in wrestling; as, a man throws his antagonist..
Adversary :: Adversary (n.) One who is turned against another or others with a design to oppose or resist them; a member of an opposing or hostile party; an opponent; an antagonist; an enemy; a foe.
Opposer :: Opposer (n.) One who opposes; an opponent; an antagonist; an adversary.
Counter :: Counter (a.) Contrary; opposite; contrasted; opposed; adverse; antagonistic; as, a counter current; a counter revolution; a counter poison; a counter agent; counter fugue..
Opponent :: Opponent (n.) One who opposes; an adversary; an antagonist; a foe.
Elench :: Elench (n.) That part of an argument on which its conclusiveness depends; that which convinces of refutes an antagonist; a refutation.
Quarrel :: Quarrel (v. i.) To violate concord or agreement; to have a difference; to fall out; to be or become antagonistic.
Grapple :: Grapple (v. t.) To seize; to lay fast hold of; to attack at close quarters: as, to grapple an antagonist..
Contrariant :: Contrariant (a.) Contrary; opposed; antagonistic; inconsistent; contradictory.
Antichrist :: Antichrist (n.) A denier or opponent of Christ. Specif.: A great antagonist, person or power, expected to precede Christ's second coming..
Adversary :: Adversary (a.) Opposed; opposite; adverse; antagonistic.
Opposite :: Opposite (a.) Extremely different; inconsistent; contrary; repugnant; antagonistic.
Encounterer :: Encounterer (n.) One who encounters; an opponent; an antagonist.
Pit :: Pit (v. t.) To introduce as an antagonist; to set forward for or in a contest; as, to pit one dog against another..
Antagonist :: Antagonist (a.) Antagonistic; opposing; counteracting; as, antagonist schools of philosophy..
Irony :: Irony (n.) Dissimulation; ignorance feigned for the purpose of confounding or provoking an antagonist.
Antagonist :: Antagonist (n.) A medicine which opposes the action of another medicine or of a poison when absorbed into the blood or tissues.
Gammon :: Gammon (v. t.) To beat in the game of backgammon, before an antagonist has been able to get his men or counters home and withdraw any of them from the board; as, to gammon a person..
Trip :: Trip (n.) A stroke, or catch, by which a wrestler causes his antagonist to lose footing..
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