opponent
a person who is on an opposing side in a game, contest, controversy, or the like; adversary.
being opposite, as in position.
opposing; adverse; antagonistic.
Anatomy. bringing parts together or into opposition, as a muscle.
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How to use opponent in a sentence
Maryland hasn’t played the same opponent on back-to-back nights since January 1949 at Miami.
In schedule shuffle, Maryland will host Nebraska on back-to-back days next week | Emily Giambalvo | February 12, 2021 | Washington PostThe game at Texas Southern was thrown together Friday, about 30 hours before tip-off, when Texas Southern also had an opponent suddenly cancel because of the virus.
A rare disease, a covid diagnosis, a painful decision: The death of basketball coach Lew Hill | Dave Sheinin | February 11, 2021 | Washington PostAt just 19, he’s accustomed to being hunted by every opponent and still finding a way to make you remember him.
An NBA experiment lets draft prospects skip college, stay home and get paid to play | Michael Lee | February 11, 2021 | Washington PostFirst off, California may have been Democratic-leaning in 2003, but it has a notably deeper shade of blue today, which will make it more challenging for Newsom’s opponents to engineer his ouster.
California’s Gavin Newsom Will Likely Face A Recall Election — But He’ll Probably Survive It | Geoffrey Skelley (geoffrey.skelley@abc.com) | February 10, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightCampbell said she simply doesn’t buy into vacation rental opponents’ thinking that banning them altogether is possible.
Morning Report: The Deal With the Jen Campbell Recall | Voice of San Diego | February 9, 2021 | Voice of San Diego
Despite the scandal, Grimm beat his Democratic opponent by 18 points in November.
One would be hard-pressed to find an earlier opponent of the Nazis than Dietrich von Hildebrand.
The Catholic Philosopher Who Took on Hitler | John Henry Crosby | December 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMired in ideological warfare, America faces her most formidable opponent yet— herself.
The Post-Brown and Garner Question: Who ‘Deserves’ to Die? | Goldie Taylor | December 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThis opponent is like no other Rodgers has to face on the gridiron.
Aaron Rodgers Takes Aim at Congo’s ‘Blood Minerals’ War | John Prendergast | December 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTPerhaps the greatest irony remains that civil rights titan Caesar Chavez was a lifelong opponent of illegal immigration.
He realized, as his mother had realized a little while before, that in Garnache they had an opponent who took no chances.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael SabatiniIn a trial in the King's Bench, Mr. Erskine, counsel for the defendant, was charged by his opponent with traveling out of his way.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; | VariousScarcely had he smoothed the way with one opponent than another sprung up in an unexpected quarter.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2) | Francis TrevithickAs for the slipperiness of the ground, my opponent will run no greater risks than I. I am not the only impatient one.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael SabatiniAugereau at first confined himself to parrying, but at last, being wounded, he thrust out and killed his opponent.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-Pattison
British Dictionary definitions for opponent
/ (əˈpəʊnənt) /
a person who opposes another in a contest, battle, etc
anatomy an opponent muscle
opposite, as in position
anatomy (of a muscle) bringing two parts into opposition
opposing; contrary
Origin of opponent
1Derived forms of opponent
- opponency, noun
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