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(n)
A person or organization against whom one is competing.
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One who challenges; especially, one who plays against the current champion of a game or contest in hopes of winning and becoming the new champion.
(uncountable) The action of competing.
(adj)
Being in the state of competition (often unintentionally).
Someone who competes with one or more other people.
(v)
Primarily physical senses.
The same in value (status, merit, etc): having or deserving the same rights or treatment.
(sports) A competitive sporting event such as a boxing meet (commonly called a "bout"), a baseball game, or a cricket match.
(dated) Acting in competition or rivalry.
Of or pertaining to competition.
An ongoing relationship between (usually two) rivals who compete for superiority.
One who vies for something.
To be in battle or in a rivalry with another for the same thing, position, or reward; to contend.
A confrontation; a dare.
Participation in feuds.
The state of being competitive.
Pertaining to a confrontation; characterized by, or given to initiating hostile encounter; in-your-face.
(countable) A competition.
dispute; argument
(figuratively) Subject to or troubled by attacks, controversy, or pressure.
Argued; not certain, agreed upon, or accepted.
Warlike in nature; aggressive; hostile.
An opponent or rival.
Being in opposition; contrary; contradictory.
The action of opposing or of being in conflict.
Engaged in warfare, warring.
Someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else.
That opposes or oppose; on the opposite side.
Contending or acting against.
Characteristic of, or in the manner of, an adversary; combative, hostile, opposed.
Not friendly; appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence or a desire to thwart and injure.
An enemy.
Somebody who is, or something that is, at a level or of a value equal (to that of something else).
A participant in a contest; specifically, a person who plays a game, as on a TV game show.
Growing further apart; diverging.
A strong natural dislike or hatred; antipathy.
Tending to contribute to a result.
(computing) A piece of software or hardware that simulates another system.
(transitive) To sell at a reduced price.
Either of two parts that fit together, or complement one another.
Happening at the same time; simultaneous.
Opposed to something.
A person from Cyprus.
To agree (in action or opinion); to have a common opinion; to coincide; to correspond.
(authorship) The main character or force opposing the protagonist in a literary work or drama.
A person engaged in combat, often armed.
A chief rival.
An enemy, especially an archenemy.
Equal to each other in size, rank or position.
One who opposes, one who shows opposition.
(figurative) Any source of power, energy or strength; a source of influence or inspiration
A principal enemy.
(transitive) To excel; go beyond in performance; surpass.
The act of engaging in war or conflict.
(American spelling) Situated or living nearby or adjacent to.
One who has suddenly gained wealth, power, or other prominence, but either has not received social acceptance or has become arrogant or presumptuous.
(transitive) to surpass something or somebody else, so as to appear to be in a higher class
A shining outward; effulgence.
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of neighboring. [(American spelling) Situated or living nearby or adjacent to.]
To depose; to forcibly relieve a monarch of the monarchy.
(US) Extending across a city or town.
Someone who forms something; a maker; a creator or founder.
(transitive) to surpass or be better than something or someone else
To exceed something or someone else, especially in an obvious or flamboyant manner
The act by which one person outdoes another.
Subjugated, beaten, overcome.
An act of trouncing: a severe beating, a thrashing; a thorough defeat.
(idiomatic) The final battle between two opponents, in which there can be only one victor.
(transitive) To live, last or remain longer than.
A literal or metaphorical force or object regarded as unstoppable, that will crush all in its path.
Arranged, regular combat between two private persons, often over a matter of honor.
contention
The removal of a ruler from the throne.
The act or instance of being defeated, of being overcome or vanquished; a loss.
Having unimaginable greatness; excellent to such an extent to evoke stories.
The state of being fierce.
(transitive) To defeat (someone); to overcome.
The state of being dominant; of prime importance; supremacy.
Having fame; famous or noted.
Power over all others.
The act of taking part in a duel.
(adv)
(formal or literary) Formerly; in the past.
(transitive) To surpass in skill or achievement.
An undercut; a cut in the lower part.
Within a city.