Antagonist
[æn'tæg(ə)nɪst] or [æn'tæɡənɪst]
Definition
(noun.) a drug that neutralizes or counteracts the effects of another drug.
(noun.) a muscle that relaxes while another contracts; 'when bending the elbow the triceps are the antagonist'.
Editor: Vicky--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One who contends with another, especially in combat; an adversary; an opponent.
(n.) A muscle which acts in opposition to another; as a flexor, which bends a part, is the antagonist of an extensor, which extends it.
(n.) A medicine which opposes the action of another medicine or of a poison when absorbed into the blood or tissues.
(a.) Antagonistic; opposing; counteracting; as, antagonist schools of philosophy.
Typed by Jody
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Opponent, adversary, rival, competitor, enemy, foe, adverse party.
Edited by Karl
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Adversary, opponent, rival, competitor, foe, enemy
ANT:Aider, abettor, accomplice, accessory, ally
Checked by Emil
Examples
- This brief direction to Charley Bates, and his recent antagonist, was softly and immediately obeyed. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- What strength had I to dart retaliation at my antagonist? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I give you noticeYou will find me a formidable antagonist on that point. Jane Austen. Emma.
- The Duke of----, and Mr. Ryland, Lord Raymond's old antagonist, were the other candidates. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Your challenge would soon be answered, replied the Palmer, were your antagonist near you. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Ivanhoe, extricating himself from his fallen horse, was soon on foot, hastening to mend his fortune with his sword; but his antagonist arose not. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- He was wounded and down with the huge foot of his antagonist upon his throat and the great long-sword raised to deal the final thrust. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- How could any vanquish such a mighty antagonist? Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Each antagonist was weakened by moderate adherents who did not want to go too far. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- An outspoken, honest antagonist is the doctor, said Holmes. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- You have a tough antagonist in Caliphronas. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- It is not always, as we shall find later, the priest who is the conservative and unimaginative antagonist. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In an instant we were engaged, and I found no mean antagonist. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- His chief antagonist was Dupleix. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- You have not allowed for the wind, Hubert, said his antagonist, bending his bow, or that had been a better shot. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- My reply was a quick thrust which left me but three antagonists and I can assure you that they were worthy of my metal. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Thereafter Heraclius slowly relinquished all Syria, which he had so lately won back from the Persians, to his new antagonists. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I say that, on that day, each knight ran three courses, and cast to the ground three antagonists. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- We had just finished the last of our immediate antagonists as he spoke, and I turned in surprised wonderment at the sound of my name. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- These two men had formerly been bitter antagonists; but with a generosity rare in those days, they forgot their differences before the common danger. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- World power or downfall was their formula; it gave their antagonists no alternative but a fight to a conclusive end. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- That is why they are such terrible antagonists in combat. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- I put the thought of death out of my mind, and fell upon my antagonists with fury that those who escaped will remember to their dying day. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
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