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enemy
noun as in someone hated or competed against
Strongest matches
adversary, agent, antagonist, attacker, bandit, competitor, criminal, detractor, foe, guerrilla, invader, murderer, opponent, opposition, prosecutor, rebel, rival, spy, terrorist, traitor, villain
Strong matches
assailant, assassin, backbiter, betrayer, contender, defamer, defiler, disputant, emulator, falsifier, informer, inquisitor, revolutionary, saboteur, slanderer, traducer, vilifier
Weak matches
archenemy, asperser, bad person, calumniator, fifth column, other side, seditionist
Example Sentences
A slight majority supports continuing to supply Ukraine with weapons, and 96 percent consider West European countries as “allies” or “friendly” powers, while four percent consider them “unfriendly” or “enemies.”
Winning by default and counting on one’s enemy to self-sabotage is not a viable strategy in an existential struggle.
It is not a situation one would wish on their worst enemy.
Never mind that Ukraine was actually fighting America’s biggest enemy on America’s behalf — Trump’s team spun the war into an endless trove of talking points.
They reveal at least six operations the spy cell was tasked with over a period of years – four of which targeted individuals who were enemies of Putin's regime.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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