Definition of antagonist

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Antagonist (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..

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Trip :: Trip (n.) A stroke, or catch, by which a wrestler causes his antagonist to lose footing..
Antagonistic :: Antagonistic (a.) Alt. of Antagonistica.
Gammon :: Gammon (v. t.) To beat in the game of backgammon, before an antagonist has been able to get his men or counters home and withdraw any of them from the board; as, to gammon a person..
Party :: Party (v.) Hence, any certain person who is regarded as being opposed or antagonistic to another..
Antagonist :: Antagonist (n.) One who contends with another, especially in combat; an adversary; an opponent..
Pit :: Pit (v. t.) To introduce as an antagonist; to set forward for or in a contest; as, to pit one dog against another..
Contrariant :: Contrariant (a.) Contrary; opposed; antagonistic; inconsistent; contradictory.
Quarrel :: Quarrel (v. i.) To violate concord or agreement; to have a difference; to fall out; to be or become antagonistic.
Adversary :: Adversary (a.) Opposed; opposite; adverse; antagonistic.
Counter :: Counter (a.) Contrary; opposite; contrasted; opposed; adverse; antagonistic; as, a counter current; a counter revolution; a counter poison; a counter agent; counter fugue..
Antagonist :: Antagonist (a.) Antagonistic; opposing; counteracting; as, antagonist schools of philosophy..
Elench :: Elench (n.) That part of an argument on which its conclusiveness depends; that which convinces of refutes an antagonist; a refutation.
Opponent :: Opponent (n.) One who opposes; an adversary; an antagonist; a foe.
Thrust :: Thrust (v. i.) To make a push; to attack with a pointed weapon; as, a fencer thrusts at his antagonist..
Irony :: Irony (n.) Dissimulation; ignorance feigned for the purpose of confounding or provoking an antagonist.
Victory :: Victory (n.) The defeat of an enemy in battle, or of an antagonist in any contest; a gaining of the superiority in any struggle or competition; conquest; triumph; -- the opposite of defeat..
Encounterer :: Encounterer (n.) One who encounters; an opponent; an antagonist.
Antozone :: Antozone (n.) A compound formerly supposed to be modification of oxygen, but now known to be hydrogen dioxide; -- so called because apparently antagonistic to ozone, converting it into ordinary oxygen..
Grapple :: Grapple (v. t.) To seize; to lay fast hold of; to attack at close quarters: as, to grapple an antagonist..
Opposite :: Opposite (n.) One who opposes; an opponent; an antagonist.
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