Definitions for antagonist

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antagonist an·tag·o·nist

Spelling: [an-tag-uh-nist]

IPA: /ænˈtæg ə nɪst/

Antagonist is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 412 anagrams from letters in antagonist (aaginnostt).

Definitions for antagonist

noun

1. a person who is opposed to, struggles against, or competes with another; opponent; adversary.
2. the adversary of the hero or protagonist of a drama or other literary work:
3. Physiology. a muscle that acts in opposition to another. Compare agonist (def 3).
4. Dentistry. a tooth in one jaw that articulates during mastication or occlusion with a tooth in the opposing jaw.
5. Pharmacology. a drug that counteracts the effects of another drug.

Origin of antagonist

1590-1600; Late Latin antagōnista Greek antagōnistḗs. See antagonize, -ist

Examples for antagonist

You do get your ass handed to you badly in the film by the antagonist, played by Vithaya Pansringarm.

At a private meeting, he assured them that the LAPD would be their partner, not their antagonist.

Reliance on foreign militaries for its own integrity changes the status of Ukraine from a buffer to an antagonist.

He also saw that his antagonist was regarding him with a curious eye.

His antagonist was Dr. Gunning, ready, fluent, and impassioned.

His intention was neither to kill nor to cripple his antagonist.

I turned to my antagonist--it seemed that a long time had passed since I last looked at him.

The second is naloxone, the antagonist, meaning that it stops the action of other opiates, like heroin.

Fowles succeeds in humanizing his antagonist more than his protagonist.

In the mind of each was growing a respect for his antagonist.