Synonyms for enemy
All synonyms
Noun
1. Foe — someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else
foe, adversary, opponent, rival, hostile, antagonist, nemesis, back-friend, competitor, un-friend, foeman dated
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
Someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else.
You may not want any enemies, but sometimes, your enemies choose you.
Related words
- Word family
- enemyhood enemyness enemyship
- Phrases
- public enemy
- Is a kind of
- person
Forms
- Plural
- enemies → foes, adversaries, opponents, rivals…
Example sentences
- opponent I have underestimated the strength of my opponent.
- rival Algeria needs to beat its regional rival, Morocco.
- foe Lend your friend money. Borrow money from your foe.
- adversary Fear is an adversary that one must face to move forward.
- opposition The plan met with opposition from the inhabitants.
- mob The mob gathered round the car like so many flies.
By length
- 3 letters
- mob1, foe1
- 5 letters
- rival2
- 6 letters
- foeman
- 7 letters
- hostile2, nemesis3
- 8 letters
- opponent3
- 9 letters
- adversary4
- 10 letters
- opposition4, competitor4, antagonist4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (rival2 = 2 syllables).