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emulator

[em-yuh-ley-ter] / ˈɛm yəˌleɪ tər /
NOUN
competitor
Synonyms
STRONGEST
adversary challenger competition contestant favorite opponent rival
STRONG
antagonist opposition
WEAK
corival dark horse
Antonyms
STRONGEST
ally associate helper
NOUN
conformist
Synonyms
STRONG
bourgeois follower sheep traditionalist
WEAK
Babbit brick in a wall conventionalist one of the herd rubber stamp yes-person
NOUN
enemy
Synonyms
STRONGEST
adversary agent antagonist attacker bandit competitor criminal detractor foe guerrilla invader murderer opponent opposition prosecutor rebel rival spy terrorist traitor villain
STRONG
assailant assassin backbiter betrayer contender defamer defiler disputant falsifier informer inquisitor revolutionary saboteur slanderer traducer vilifier
WEAK
archenemy asperser bad person calumniator fifth column other side seditionist
Antonyms
STRONGEST
ally associate friend helper law police supporter
WEAK
aide assistant confidante
NOUN
rival
Synonyms
STRONGEST
adversary challenger competition competitor contender opponent peer
STRONG
antagonist bandit buddy contestant entrant equal equivalent match
WEAK
opposite number
Antonyms
STRONGEST
ally helper
STRONG
difference
WEAK
associate cohort companion

Example Sentences

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The paper, "Effort.jl: a fast and differentiable emulator for the Effective Field Theory of the Large Scale Structure of the Universe," was published in the Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics.

From Science Daily • Oct. 30, 2025

Billie played it, and I ran it through this old SketchCassette like tape emulator, but again the marriage of this song about a doll and Billie playing a little toy keyboard.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2024

While Denuvo’s pretty light on the details, it sounds like it may prevent Switch users from dumping the contents of their games on PC, which they would then run with an emulator.

From The Verge • Aug. 24, 2022

French IT consulting firm Atos' quantum computing emulator will be made available through cloud services provider OVHcloud's offer, the companies said in a joint statement on Thursday.

From Reuters • Jun. 9, 2022

I booted up my emulator and selected Robotron: 2084, one of my all-time favorite games.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.