antagonist
nounEtymology
From Latin antagonista, from Ancient Greek ἀνταγωνιστής (antagōnistḗs, “opponent”) (ἀντί (antí, “against”) + ἀγωνιστής (agōnistḗs, “a combatant, pleader, actor”)), from ἀνταγωνίζομαι (antagōnízomai, “to antagonize”).
- derived from ἀνταγωνιστής
- derived from antagonista
Definitions
An opponent or enemy.
- our antagonists in these controversies
- Antagonist of Heav’ns Almightie King
- [H]is eyes vacant—his face haggard—his head drooping, the spectacle of such an antagonist to the vigorous Edward, moved only pity in the few, and ridicule in the many.
One who antagonizes or stirs.
A chemical that binds to a receptor but does not produce a physiological response,…
A chemical that binds to a receptor but does not produce a physiological response, blocking the action of other agonist chemicals, such as endogenous chemical messengers.
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The main character or force opposing the protagonist in a literary work or drama.
- So God forbid I'm seen just as an average human being / I mean, imagine if antagonists lacked any evil scheme
A muscle that acts in opposition to another.
- A flexor, which bends a part, is the antagonist of an extensor, which extends it.
The neighborhood
- antonymprotagonist
- antonymagonist
- neighboragonistes
- neighborantagonise
- neighborantagonism
- neighborantagonize
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at antagonist. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at antagonist. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
8 hops · closes at antagonist
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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