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opponents

NOUN

person with whom one competes

Synonyms

STRONGEST

adversary aspirant candidate challenger competitor enemy foe opposition player rival

STRONG

antagonist anti assailant bandit bidder con contestant disputant entrant litigant match opposer

WEAK

counteragent dark horse dissentient oppugnant

Antonyms

STRONGEST

ally assistant friend helper

WEAK

associate colleague

Example Sentences

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Every team in the 12-team group will play six home-or-away matches against six different opponents - two per pot.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

Liverpool, too, claimed a pair of titles with a brand of high-octane soccer designed to blow past opponents and leave them in a cloud of red dust.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

It moves qualifying away from the regular format where teams would play all opponents in their group home and away.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

“Steyer is outspending his opponents by far more than any other self-funded candidate in California,” said Dan Schnur, a longtime politics professor at USC, UC Berkeley and Pepperdine University.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

Across the country, suffrage opponents successfully—if unfairly—linked women’s rights with lax morals and sexual scandal.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling