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Meaning of Adversary | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

ˈæd.və.sɛɹi

Definitions

The Devil; Satan.
Judaism, sometimes
An opponent or rival.

Equivalents

العربية العدوّ خصم خصيم ضد غريم مخالف مقاوم

Azərbaycanca rəqib

Беларуская праціўнік сапе́рнік

Български неприя́тел неприятелка проти́вник противница проти́вничка съперник съперница съперничка

Bosanski oponent protivnica protivnik rival душман противник противница

Català adversari

Čeština konkurent protivník

Dansk modstander

Deutsch Antagonist Gegenspieler Gegenspielerin Gegner Gegnerin Kontrahent Kontrahentin Widerpart Widersacher Widersacherin

Ελληνικά αντίζηλος αντίμαχος αντίπαλος

Español adversaria adversario

Suomi vastapuoli vastustaja vihollinen

Français Adversaire ennemi ennemie

Gaeilge áibhirseoir

עברית אויב יריב שטן

हिन्दी प्रतिपक्ष प्रतिपक्षी प्रतियोगी विरोधी शत्रु

Hrvatski oponent protivnica protivnik rival душман противник противница

Magyar ellenfél

Հայերեն ախոյան

Íslenska andstæðingur óvinur

Italiano avversaria avversario

日本語アドバーサリー敵敵対者相手

ქართული მოწინააღმდეგე

Қазақша қарсылас

한국어 경쟁자 애드버서리 적 적대자

Kurdî oponent oponent raqîb

Latina adversaria adversarius

മലയാളം എതിരാളി പ്രതിയോഗി

Nederlands tegenstander tegenstandster

Polski adwersarka adwersarz oponent oponentka przeciwniczka przeciwnik szampierz

Português adversária adversário

Română adversar adversară

Русский неприя́тель неприятельница противник противница соперник соперница

Slovenčina protivník

Српски oponent protivnica protivnik rival душман противник противница

Svenska motståndare vederdeloman

Тоҷикӣ душман

ไทย ปฏิปักษ์ อริ

Türkmençe garşydaş

Türkçe rakip

ئۇيغۇرچە رەقىب

Українська противник противниця супе́рник суперниця супостат супроти́вник

اردو خصم دشمن رَقِیب مُخالِف

Oʻzbekcha raqib

Tiếng Việt địch địch thủ đối thủ

Examples

“He prepared to fight his adversary.”

“In the political drama that Donald Trump has created in Washington, he could not have dreamed up a more formidable adversary than James Comey.”

“The real bombshell it contains is not the confidence of the spy agencies that Russia hoped to subvert American democracy. It is that US intelligence experts effectively confirmed that for the second election in a row, Trump acolytes repeatedly used, knowingly or otherwise, misinformation produced by the spies of one of America’s most sworn foreign adversaries to try to win a US election.”

“Yahweh′s turning Gog around, putting hooks in his jaws, and bringing him out from the remotest parts of the north (Ezek. 38:4-6) is now interpreted as the release of the Adversary from prison.”

CEFR level

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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