Синонимы к слову enemy

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:5.0 / 2 votes

1. enemynoun

   Synonyms:
   foe, nemesis, backfriend, adversary, unfriend

   Antonyms:
   friend, ally

2. enemynoun

   Someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else.

   Synonyms:
   nemesis, unfriend, foe, adversary, backfriend

   Antonyms:
   ally, friend

3. enemynoun

   A hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation.

   rally together against a common enemy.

   Synonyms:
   foe, adversary, nemesis, backfriend, unfriend

   Antonyms:
   friend, ally

4. enemynoun

   An alliance of such forces.

   Synonyms:
   backfriend, foe, nemesis, unfriend, adversary

   Antonyms:
   friend, ally

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. enemy

   An enemy in private life is one who is moved by hostile feeling with active disposition to injure; but in military language all who fight on the opposite side are called enemies or collectively «the enemy,» where no personal animosity may be implied; foe, which is rather a poetical and literary word, implies intensely hostile spirit and purpose. An antagonist is one who opposes and is opposed actively and with intensity of effort; an opponent, one in whom the attitude of resistance is the more prominent; a competitor, one who seeks the same object for which another is striving; antagonists in wrestling, competitors in business, opponents in debate may contend with no personal ill will; rivals in love, ambition, etc., rarely avoid inimical feeling. Adversary was formerly much used in the general sense of antagonist or opponent, but is now less common, and largely restricted to the hostile sense; an adversary is ordinarily one who not only opposes another in fact, but does so with hostile spirit, or perhaps out of pure malignity; as, the great Adversary. Compare synonyms for AMBITION.

   Synonyms:
   adversary, antagonist, competitor, foe, opponent, rival

   Antonyms:
   abettor, accessory, accomplice, ally, friend, helper, supporter

   Preposition:
   He was the enemy of my friend in the contest.

Princeton’s WordNetRate these synonyms:3.0 / 3 votes

1. enemynoun

   an opposing military force

   «the enemy attacked at dawn»

   Synonyms:
   opposition, foe, foeman

2. enemy, foe, foeman, oppositionnoun

   an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force)

   «a soldier must be prepared to kill his enemies»

   Synonyms:
   resistance, foeman, foe, oppositeness, opposite, enemy, confrontation, opposition, opponent

3. enemynoun

   any hostile group of people

   «he viewed lawyers as the real enemy»

   Synonyms:
   opposition, foe, foeman

4. foe, enemynoun

   a personal enemy

   «they had been political foes for years»

   Synonyms:
   opposition, foeman, foe, enemy

Matched Categories

1. • Adversary
   • Military
   • Military Unit
   • People
   • Rival

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:3.5 / 2 votes

1. enemynoun

   Synonyms:
   foe, adversary, opponent, antagonist, rival, hostile

   Associated words:
   hostile, hostility, feud, enmity, inimical, antagonism

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for «enemy»:

   enemies, foe, adversary, hostile, hater, n.v.a., opponent, nemesis, foes, bogey

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1. Ekrem Dumanli:

   I see a direct link with the elections, with the mentality of a dictatorship, someone can declare you an enemy, and lynch you with pre-prepared prosecutors and judges.

2. Hillary Clinton:

   We mourn for all the lives lost, we will never forget. … It is also a day of resolve. Our solemnduty on behalf ofall those who perished … is to work together as one nation to keep all of our people safe from an enemy that seeks nothing less than to destroy our way of life.

3. Amir Taheri:

   It is time we learnt that a terrorist is no man’s friend and everyman’s enemy.

4. The Pope:

   It is I who follow the church! it’s not a fight against an enemy, it’s catechism.

5. Donald Hazard:

   Make sure you get my face and everything on your news channel, i want the enemy to know exactly who is coming after them.

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