All oppugnant synonyms
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O o noun oppugnant
- adversary β Your adversary is someone you are competing with, or arguing or fighting against.
- enemy β A person who is actively opposed or hostile to someone or something.
- foe β a person who feels enmity, hatred, or malice toward another; enemy: a bitter foe.
- bandit β Robbers are sometimes called bandits, especially if they are found in areas where the law has broken down.
- competitor β A company's competitors are companies who are trying to sell similar goods or services to the same people.
- contender β A contender is someone who takes part in a competition.
- match β a person or thing that equals or resembles another in some respect.
- opponent β a person who is on an opposing side in a game, contest, controversy, or the like; adversary.
- opposer β to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
- rival β a person who is competing for the same object or goal as another, or who tries to equal or outdo another; competitor.
- crip β a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- opposite number β counterpart; equivalent: New members with an interest in folk art will find their opposite numbers in the association's directory.
- aspirant β Someone who is an aspirant to political power or to an important job has a strong desire to achieve it.
- candidate β 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.
- challenger β 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.
- opposition β the action of opposing, resisting, or combating.
- player β Gary, born 1935, South African golfer.
- antagonist β Your antagonist is your opponent or enemy.
- anti β You can refer to people who are opposed to a particular activity or idea as antis.
- assailant β Someone's assailant is a person who has physically attacked them.
- bidder β 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 β Con is the written abbreviation for constable, when it is part of a policeman's title.
- contestant β A contestant in a competition or quiz is a person who takes part in it.
- disputant β a person who disputes; debater.
- entrant β A person or group that enters, joins, or takes part in something.
- litigant β a person engaged in a lawsuit.
- counteragent β a person or thing that counteracts
- dark horse β 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 β dissenting, especially from the opinion of the majority.
- resister β to withstand, strive against, or oppose: to resist infection; to resist temptation.
- oppositionist β a person who offers opposition; a member of an opposition.
adjective oppugnant
- antagonistic β If a person is antagonistic to someone or something, they show hatred or dislike towards them.
- mean β to intend for a particular purpose, destination, etc.: They were meant for each other. Synonyms: destine, foreordain.
- adverse β Adverse decisions, conditions, or effects are unfavourable to you.
- belligerent β A belligerent person is hostile and aggressive.
- bitter β In a bitter argument or conflict, people argue very angrily or fight very fiercely.
- contentious β A contentious issue causes a lot of disagreement or arguments.
- contrary β Ideas, attitudes, or reactions that are contrary to each other are completely different from each other.
- hateful β arousing hate or deserving to be hated: the hateful oppression of dictators.
- inhospitable β not inclined to, or characterized by, hospitality, as persons or actions; unfriendly.
- inimical β adverse in tendency or effect; unfavorable; harmful: a climate inimical to health.
- nasty β physically filthy; disgustingly unclean: a nasty pigsty of a room.
- opposed β to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
- unfavourable β Unfavourable conditions or circumstances cause problems for you and reduce your chances of success.
- unfavorable β not favorable; contrary; adverse: an unfavorable wind.
- unfriendly β not amicable; not friendly or kindly in disposition; unsympathetic; aloof: an unfriendly coldness of manner.
- unsympathetic β characterized by, proceeding from, exhibiting, or feeling sympathy; sympathizing; compassionate: a sympathetic listener.
- alien β Alien means belonging to a different country, race, or group, usually one you do not like or are frightened of.
- catty β If someone, especially a woman or girl, is being catty, they are being unpleasant and unkind.
- chill β When you chill something or when it chills, you lower its temperature so that it becomes colder but does not freeze.