English-Thai Dictionary

opponent

ADJ ที่ เป็น ฝ่ายตรงข้าม  adverse antagonistic ti-pen-fai-trong-kam

 

opponent

N คู่ต่อสู้  ฝ่ายตรงข้าม  คู่แข่งขัน  คู่ปรับ  antagonist foe rival ally companion friend ku-tor-su

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

OPPONENT

a.[L. opponens, oppono; ob and pono, to set, put or lay, that is, to thrust against; Heb. to build, that is, to set, to found, L. fundo. ] That opposes; opposite; adverse.

 

OPPONENT

n.One that opposes; particularly, one that opposes in controversy, disputation or argument. It is sometimes applied to the person that begins a dispute by raising objections to a tenet or doctrine, and is correlative to defendant or respondent. In common usage, however, it is applicable to either party in a controversy, denoting any person who opposes another or his cause. Opponent may sometimes be used for adversary, and for antagonist, but not with strict propriety, as the word does not necessarily imply enmity nor bodily strife. Nor is it well used in the sense of rival or competitor.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

OPPONENT

Op *po "nent, a. Etym: [L. opponens, -entis, p.pr. of opponere to set or place against, to oppose; ob (see Ob- ) + ponere to place. See Position. ]

 

Defn: Situated in front; opposite; hence, opposing; adverse; antagonistic. Pope.

 

OPPONENT

OPPONENT Op *po "nent, n.

 

1. One who opposes; an adversary; an antagonist; a foe. Macaulay.

 

2. One who opposes in a disputation, argument, or other verbal controversy; specifically, one who attacks some theirs or proposition, in distinction from the respondent, or defendant, who maintains it. How becomingly does Philopolis exercise his office, and seasonably commit the opponent with the respondent, like a long-practiced moderator! Dr. H. More.

 

Syn. -- Antagonist; opposer; foe. See Adversary.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

opponent

op po nent |əˈpōnənt əˈpoʊnənt | ▶noun someone who competes against or fights another in a contest, game, or argument; a rival or adversary: he beat his opponent by a landslide margin. • a person who disagrees with or resists a proposal or practice: an opponent of the economic reforms. ORIGIN late 16th cent. (denoting a person opening an academic debate by proposing objections to a philosophical or religious thesis ): from Latin opponent- ‘setting against, ’ from the verb opponere, from ob- ‘against ’ + ponere ‘place. ’

 

opponent muscle

op po nent mus cle ▶noun Anatomy any of several muscles enabling the thumb to be moved toward a finger of the same hand.

 

Oxford Dictionary

opponent

op |pon ¦ent |əˈpəʊnənt | ▶noun someone who competes with or opposes another in a contest, game, or argument: he beat his Republican opponent by a landslide margin. • a person who disagrees with or resists a proposal or practice: an opponent of the economic reforms. ORIGIN late 16th cent. (denoting a person opening an academic debate by proposing objections to a philosophical or religious thesis ): from Latin opponent- ‘setting against ’, from the verb opponere, from ob- ‘against ’ + ponere ‘place ’.

 

opponent muscle

op |pon ¦ent muscle ▶noun Anatomy any of several muscles enabling the thumb to be placed front to front against a finger of the same hand.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

opponent

opponent noun 1 his political opponent: rival, adversary, opposer, (the ) opposition, fellow contestant, (fellow ) competitor, enemy, antagonist, combatant, contender, challenger; literary foe. ANTONYMS ally, partner. 2 an opponent of the reforms: opposer, objector, dissenter, dissident. ANTONYMS supporter.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

opponent

opponent noun 1 he beat his Republican opponent by a landslide: rival, adversary, opposer, the opposition, fellow contestant, (fellow ) competitor, other competitor /contestant /player /candidate, enemy, foe, antagonist, combatant, contender, challenger, critic, dissenter, disputant, objector. ANTONYMS ally, partner, colleague. 2 an opponent of the economic reforms: opposer, objector, dissident, dissenter. ANTONYMS supporter.

 

Duden Dictionary

Opponent

Op po nent Substantiv, maskulin , der Opponentin |Oppon e nt |der Opponent; Genitiv: des Opponenten, Plural: die Opponenten zu lateinisch opponens (Genitiv: opponentis ), 1. Partizip von: opponere, opponieren jemand, der eine gegenteilige Anschauung vertritt; Gegner in einem Streitgespräch ein streitbarer Opponent

 

Opponentin

Op po nen tin Substantiv, feminin , die |Oppon e ntin |weibliche Form zu Opponent

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

opponent

op po nent /əpóʊnənt /〖op (…に対して )ponent (置くこと ); 〗→oppose 名詞 複 ～s /-ts /C 1 (試合 競技などの )相手 , 敵, ライバル ; 政敵 ▸ That player is the toughest opponent I've ever faced .あの選手は今まで会った中で最も手ごわい相手だ ▸ a political opponent 政敵 ▸ our formidable [leading, main ] opponent in the election 選挙における我々のやっかいな [主な ]ライバル .2 【計画 考えなどに対する 】反対者 , 敵対者 «of » ▸ an outspoken [a vigorous ] opponent of gun control 銃規制にあからさまに [猛烈に ]反対する者 .形容詞 〖名詞 の前で 〗敵対する, 対立 [反対 ]する .