opponent

Etymology
Borrowed from, present active participle of.

Noun

 * 1) One who opposes another; one who works or takes a position against someone or something; one who attempts to stop the progress of someone or something.
 * 2) One who opposes another physically (in a fight, sport, game, or competition).
 * 3) * 1720,, The of , London: Bernard Lintott, Volume 6, “Observations on the Twenty-Third Book,” no. 39, p.136,
 * In the Chariot-Race Achilles is represented as being able to conquer every Opponent
 * 1) One who opposes another in words (in a dispute, argument or controversy).
 * 2) One who is opposed or objects (to a policy, course of action or set of ideas).
 * 3)  The participant who opens an academic debate by putting forward objections to a theological or philosophical thesis.
 * 1) One who opposes another in words (in a dispute, argument or controversy).
 * 2) One who is opposed or objects (to a policy, course of action or set of ideas).
 * 3)  The participant who opens an academic debate by putting forward objections to a theological or philosophical thesis.
 * 1) One who is opposed or objects (to a policy, course of action or set of ideas).
 * 2)  The participant who opens an academic debate by putting forward objections to a theological or philosophical thesis.
 * 1)  The participant who opens an academic debate by putting forward objections to a theological or philosophical thesis.
 * 1)  The participant who opens an academic debate by putting forward objections to a theological or philosophical thesis.
 * 1)  The participant who opens an academic debate by putting forward objections to a theological or philosophical thesis.
 * 1)  The participant who opens an academic debate by putting forward objections to a theological or philosophical thesis.

Translations

 * Arabic: مُنَاوِئ
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Belarusian: праці́ўнік, праці́ўніца, супраці́ўнік, супраці́ўніца, апане́нт, апане́нтка
 * Bulgarian:, проти́вница, проти́вничка
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:, protivnice, ,
 * Danish:
 * Esperanto: kontraŭulo, opoziciulo
 * Finnish:
 * German: ,
 * Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌸𐌾𐌹𐍃
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἀντίπαλος
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Latin: adversarius, obversus
 * Macedonian: противник, противничка
 * Maori: whewheia, wheinga, hoariri, hoa kakari
 * Plautdietsch: Jäajna
 * Polish:, , , , ,
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: про̀тӣвнӣк, про̀тӣвница
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: protivník, protivníčka, odporca, odporkyňa
 * Slovene:, nasprotnica
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:, проти́вниця, супроти́вник, супроти́вниця, опоне́нт, опоне́нтка


 * Arabic: خَصْم
 * Belarusian: супраці́ўнік, супраці́ўніца, праці́ўнік, праці́ўніца
 * Bulgarian:, проти́вница, проти́вничка
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:, protivnice
 * Esperanto: kontraŭulo, opoziciulo
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἀντίπαλος
 * Hungarian:
 * Latin: adversarius
 * Macedonian: противник, противничка
 * Maori: wheinga
 * Polish: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: про̀тӣвнӣк, про̀тӣвница
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: protivník, protivníčka
 * Slovene:, nasprotnica
 * Spanish:, contrincante
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: супроти́вник, супроти́вниця,, проти́вниця


 * Arabic: خَصْم
 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Maori: hoa tautohe
 * Spanish:


 * Danish: kritiker
 * Finnish: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Maori: kaitāwari
 * Spanish:
 * Ukrainian:, проти́вниця


 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:, protihráč,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * French:
 * German: (1,2,3),
 * Greek:
 * Ancient Greek: ἀντίπαλος
 * Icelandic: andstæðingur,
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean:
 * Macedonian: противник, соперник
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: motkandidat ; motspiller
 * Nynorsk: motkandidat
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish:, , ,
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: co-fharpaiseach
 * Serbo-Croatian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Telugu:, వ్యతిరేకి
 * Turkish: ,
 * Vietnamese: (對手)

Adjective

 * 1)  Opposing; adverse; antagonistic.
 * 2)  Situated in front; opposite.
 * 1)  Situated in front; opposite.
 * 1)  Situated in front; opposite.
 * 1)  Situated in front; opposite.
 * 1)  Situated in front; opposite.