All opponent synonyms

noun opponent

• adversary — Your adversary is someone you are competing with, or arguing or fighting against.
• enemy — A person who is actively opposed or hostile to someone or something.
• foe — a person who feels enmity, hatred, or malice toward another; enemy: a bitter foe.
• rival — a person who is competing for the same object or goal as another, or who tries to equal or outdo another; competitor.
• challenger — A challenger is someone who competes with you for a position or title that you already have, for example being a sports champion or a political leader.
• antagonist — Your antagonist is your opponent or enemy.
• aspirant — Someone who is an aspirant to political power or to an important job has a strong desire to achieve it.
• candidate — A candidate is someone who is being considered for a position, for example someone who is running in an election or applying for a job.
• competitor — A company's competitors are companies who are trying to sell similar goods or services to the same people.
• opposition — the action of opposing, resisting, or combating.
• player — Gary, born 1935, South African golfer.
• anti — You can refer to people who are opposed to a particular activity or idea as antis.
• assailant — Someone's assailant is a person who has physically attacked them.
• bandit — Robbers are sometimes called bandits, especially if they are found in areas where the law has broken down.
• bidder — A bidder is someone who offers to pay a certain amount of money for something that is being sold. If you sell something to the highest bidder, you sell it to the person who offers the most money for it.
• con — Con is the written abbreviation for constable, when it is part of a policeman's title.
• contestant — A contestant in a competition or quiz is a person who takes part in it.
• disputant — a person who disputes; debater.
• entrant — A person or group that enters, joins, or takes part in something.
• litigant — a person engaged in a lawsuit.
• match — a person or thing that equals or resembles another in some respect.
• opposer — to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
• counteragent — a person or thing that counteracts
• dark horse — If you describe someone as a dark horse, you mean that people know very little about them, although they may have recently had success or may be about to have success.
• dissentient — dissenting, especially from the opinion of the majority.
• oppugnant — opposing; antagonistic; contrary.