9 thoughts on “ Adversary ”

1. If you've ever had someone turn on you and become your adversary, you've inadvertently lived out the etymology of adversary. The word is from the Latin adjective adversarius ("turned toward" or .

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2. Adversary definition, a person, group, or force that opposes or attacks; opponent; enemy; foe. See more.

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3. adversary a person, group, or force that opposes or attacks; opponent; enemy; foe; one who is an opponent in a contest; a contestant; one who fights determinedly and relentlessly: He was a worthy adversary. Not to be confused with: adversity – catastrophe, disaster; trouble, misery; adverse fortune or fate; a condition marked by misfortune: In times.

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4. adversary Consensual issues do not allow the parties to distinguish themselves from their adversaries during an electoral campaign. From the Cambridge English Corpus Theologians and philosophers asserted the possessive nature of selfhood in reaction to their doctrinal adversaries.

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5. Sep 13,  · Your adversary is someone you are competing with, or arguing or fighting against. His political adversaries would like to discredit him. Synonyms: opponent, rival, opposer, enemy More Synonyms of adversary COBUILD Advanced English Dictionary.

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6. An adversary is an enemy or someone who opposes someone else. In tennis, you stand across the net from your adversary. Adversary is related to the word adverse, meaning "against or contrary" —so think of an adversary .

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7. Sep 15,  · Your adversary is someone you are competing with, or arguing or fighting against. Elliott crossed the finish line just half a second behind his adversary. His political adversaries were creating a certain amount of trouble for him. Synonyms: opponent, rival, opposer, enemy More Synonyms of .

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8. 20 synonyms of adversary from the Merriam-Webster Thesaurus, plus 82 related words, definitions, and antonyms. Find another word for adversary. Adversary: marked by opposition or ill will.

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9. Aristide called his adversary "brother Judas," or "slave of Saint-Anthony." If you do so, your adversary will lay the blame of his own confusion and perplexity on himself, and not on you. But he is up in an instant and his adversary is down—backward, on his elbows.

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