Слово англійською: opponent
Іменник
Переклад opponent українською: проти́вник (ідеології і т. д.), опоне́нт, супе́рник, проти́вник (у грі і т. д.), супроти́вник
Детальний опис
opponent
noun /əˈpəʊnənt/
- a person that you are playing or fighting against in a game, competition, argument, etc. synonym adversary
- a political opponent
- a worthy/formidable/fierce/tough/staunch opponent
- The team's opponents are unbeaten so far this season.
- a person who is against something and tries to change or stop it
- opponent of something opponents of abortion
- opponents of the regime
- the most outspoken opponents of the war
- Opponents argue that the scheme would be prohibitively expensive.
- There were violent clashes between supporters and opponents of the government.
Word Originlate 16th cent. (denoting a person opening an academic debate by proposing objections to a philosophical or religious thesis): from Latin opponent- ‘setting against’, from the verb opponere, from ob- ‘against’ + ponere ‘place’.