opponent meaning

Noun: opponent  u'pownunt

1. A contestant that you are matched against
   - opposition, opposite 
2. Someone who offers opposition
   - adversary, antagonist, opposer, resister

Adjective: opponent  u'pownunt

1. Characterized by active hostility
   "opponent armies"
   - opposing

Derived forms: opponents

See also: hostile, oppose

Type of: contestant, individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul

[Medicine]
n : a muscle that opposes or counteracts and limits the action of another

Examples

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1. all opponents were crushed or overawed.
2. he laid his opponent low with a single punch.
3. with one blow he knocked his opponent down.
4. he put his opponent out in the fifth round.