adversary en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˈæd.və.sɛɹi/ (UK)
- /ædˈvɜː.sə.ɹi/ (UK, dated)
- /ˈæd.və.s(ə)ɹi/ (UK)
- /ədˈvɜː.sə.ɹi/ (UK)
- /ˈæd.vəɹˌsɛɹi/ (US)
Etymology
From Middle English adversarie, from Anglo-Norman aversaire (in Wace's Life of Saint Margaret) and Old French aversier, aversaire (French adversaire), from Latin adversārius, from adversus (“turned toward”). By surface analysis, adverse + -ary.
Meanings
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A person, group, or thing that opposes or attacks another person or group; an opponent or rival.
He prepared to fight his adversary.
The real bombshell it contains is not the confidence of the spy agencies that Russia hoped to subvert American democracy. It is that US intelligence experts effectively confirmed that for the second election in a row, Trump acolytes repeatedly used, knowingly or otherwise, misinformation produced by the spies of one of America’s most sworn foreign adversaries to try to win a US election.
2021 March 17, Stephen Collinson, “New US intel report shows Russia, Trump and GOP acolytes have same goals”, in CNN, archived from the original on 01 Mar 2022:In the political drama that Donald Trump has created in Washington, he could not have dreamed up a more formidable adversary than James Comey.
2017 June 8, Maeve Reston, “Trump meets the ultimate adversary in James Comey”, in CNN, archived from the original on 05 Aug 2017:
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| adversaries | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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ru неприя́тельница (opponent) · sh pròtīvnīk (opponent) · ml പ്രതിയോഗി (opponent) · bg неприя́тел (opponent) · ur رَقِیب (opponent) · fr ennemi (opponent) · ro adversar (opponent) · fr ennemie (opponent) · de Widersacherin (opponent) · ru сопе́рница (opponent) · az rəqib (opponent) · fa-ira دُشْمَن (opponent) · la adversārius (opponent) · hu ellenfél (opponent) · bg съпе́рничка (opponent) · tg аду (opponent) · pl przeciwnik (opponent) · nn motstandar (opponent) · nl tegenstander (opponent) · tr rakip (opponent) · nb opponent (opponent) · eo adversulo (opponent) · uk супроти́вник (opponent) · ur خَصْم (opponent) · fa-ira حَریف (opponent) · vi đối thủ (opponent) · ar خَصْم (opponent) · la adversāria (opponent) · be праці́ўніца (opponent) · is óvinur (opponent) · de Kontrahent (opponent) · ur مَدِّ مُقابِل (opponent) · ru сопе́рник (opponent) · nn opponent (opponent) · be супраці́ўніца (opponent) · tg муқовим (opponent) · ur مُخالِف (opponent) · de Gegenspielerin (opponent) · sh pròtīvnica (opponent) · ru проти́вница (opponent) · es adversaria (opponent) · da modstander (opponent) · cs protivnice (opponent) · egy x:f:t*y-A13 (opponent) · pt adversária (opponent) · pl przeciwniczka (opponent) · fr adversaire (opponent) · nl tegenstandster (opponent) · te వ్యతిరేకి (opponent) · cmn 敵手 /敌手 (opponent) · sh про̀тӣвнӣк (opponent) · pt adversário (opponent) · pdt Jäajna (opponent) · tg ҳариф (opponent) · grc παλαιστής (opponent) · bg съпе́рница (opponent) · ko 경쟁자 (opponent) · ja 相手 (opponent) · nb motstander (opponent) · pl oponentka (opponent) · fi vastapuoli (opponent) · fa-ira عَدو (opponent) · fa-ira خَصْم (opponent) · be сапе́рнік (opponent) · gl adversaria (opponent) · ru проти́вник (opponent) · uk супе́рниця (opponent) · cmn 對手 /对手 (opponent) · mk противник (opponent) · ky теңтайлашуучу (opponent) · fa-ira هَماوَرْد (opponent) · kk қарсылас (opponent) · gl adversario (opponent) · de Gegner (opponent) · bg съпе́рник (opponent) · ja 敵対者 (opponent) · ur حَرِیف (opponent) · ca adversari (opponent) · ky каршы (opponent) · ml എതിരാളി (opponent) · ko 애드버서리 (opponent) · tg душман (opponent) · fa-ira رَقیب (opponent) · fa-ira مُقاوِم (opponent) · nrf advèrsaithe (opponent) · ka მოწინააღმდეგე (opponent) · ja 敵 (opponent) · de Widersacher (opponent) · grc ἐνστάτης (opponent) · be супраці́ўнік (opponent) · it avversario (opponent) · hy ախոյան (opponent) · bg проти́вник (opponent) · fa-ira مُخالِف (opponent) · ca adversària (opponent) · el αντίπαλος (opponent) · de Kontrahentin (opponent) · uk супе́рник (opponent) · he יָרִיב (opponent) · bg неприя́телка (opponent) · be сапе́рніца (opponent) · ru неприя́тель (opponent) · ug رەقىب (opponent) · be праці́ўнік (opponent) · cs protivník (opponent) · ur دُشْمَن (opponent) · uk супроти́вниця (opponent) · fi vihollinen (opponent) · he אוֹיֵב (opponent) · kw eskar (opponent) · ota رقیب (opponent) · tg рақиб (opponent) · sl nasprotnica (opponent) · es adversario (opponent) · sa विपक्ष (opponent) · sk protivník (opponent) · is andstæðingur (opponent) · got 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌸𐌾𐌹𐍃 (opponent) · uk проти́вниця (opponent) · it avversaria (opponent) · sk protivníčka (opponent) · csb warg (opponent) · sl nasprotnik (opponent) · ar مُقَاوِم (opponent) · de Gegnerin (opponent) · sk odporca (opponent) · uz raqib (opponent) · ko 적대자 (opponent) · uk проти́вник (opponent) · hi विरोधी (opponent) · hi प्रतियोगी (opponent) · bg проти́вница (opponent) · pl adwersarz (opponent) · ar مُخَالِف (opponent) · pl oponent (opponent) · bg проти́вничка (opponent) · sh про̀тӣвница (opponent) · tk garşydaş (opponent) · fi vastustaja (opponent) · pl adwersarka (opponent) · sv motståndare (opponent) · ja アドバーサリー (opponent) · tg хасм (opponent) · grc ἀντίπαλος (opponent) · de Gegenspieler (opponent) · tg ҳамовард (opponent) · ro adversară (opponent)