Thesaurus:enemy

Thesaurus

enemy

English

Noun

Sense: someone who is hostile to, or opposes the interests of, someone else

Synonyms

• adversary
• antagonist
• backfriend
• bane
• bête noire
• corrival
• enemy
• fiend (obsolete)
• foe
• foeman
• unfriend
• nemesis
• opponent
• opposer
• rival

Antonyms

• accomplice
• ally
• friend    [⇒ thesaurus]
• pal
• partner
• supporter

Hyponyms

• archenemy
• archfoe
• archrival
•   —
• assailant
• attacker
• asperser
• combatant
• hostile    [⇒ thesaurus]
• invader
•   —
• calumniator
• defamer
• detractor    [⇒ thesaurus]
• ill-wisher

Hypernyms

• person    [⇒ thesaurus]

Holonyms

• opposition

See also

• frenemy
• villain    [⇒ thesaurus]

Further reading

• “891. enemy” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “enemy” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.