Definitions for adversary

adversary ad·ver·sar·y

Spelling: [ad-ver-ser-ee]
IPA: /ˈæd vərˌsɛr i/

Adversary is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 247 anagrams from letters in adversary (aaderrsvy).

Definitions for adversary

noun

  1. a person, group, or force that opposes or attacks; opponent; enemy; foe.
  2. a person, group, etc., that is an opponent in a contest; contestant.
  3. the Adversary, the devil; Satan.

adjective

  1. of or relating to an adversary.
  2. involving adversaries, as plaintiff and defendant in a legal proceeding:

Origin of adversary

1300-50; Middle English adversarie Latin adversārius, equivalent to advers(us) (see adverse) + -ārius -ary; replacing Middle English advers

Examples for adversary

Before you go forward to talk about the future,” he says, “you must understand where your adversary comes from.

In Calendar's driver, however, he had an adversary of abilities by no means to be despised.

They adversary, as thou mayest have conjectured, is in league with the powers of darkness.

In spite of the many disagreeements, the Obama administration, he said, does not view Russia as “an adversary.”

All the Americans, from FDR down, underestimated the capabilities of their adversary, and exaggerated their own.

Esther said, "The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman."

The al Qaeda prisoners we held at CIA facilities helped us understand the adversary.

They administer stinging rebukes that leave the adversary writhing.

Our legal system is an adversary system, predicated upon legal advocacy for both sides.

He tried to imagine the combat, his own attitude, and the position of his adversary.

Word Value for adversary
Scrable

16

Words with friends

16

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