ADVERSARIAL Synonyms: 105 Similar and Opposite Words

adversarial

adjective

ˌad-vər-ˈser-ē-əl

as in hostile

marked by opposition or ill will the relationship between the president and the congress should not be adversarial if anything is to get done

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Recent Examples of adversarial Such a distinction had only ever applied to infrastructure firms, like Huawei or Kaspersky Labs, with ties to adversarial foreign governments, and there was no domestic precedent. —

Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026 At one point, Wilson demanded her public relations team to distribute adversarial coverage of Ghost, chairwoman of Blavatnik’s AI Film, as the feud worsened, according to a court filing citing a message from the actress. —

Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 13 Mar. 2026 Destroyers also carry between four to eight Harpoon anti-ship missiles that can travel a far as 65 nautical miles to strike at any adversarial warships. —

Luis Martinez, ABC News, 12 Mar. 2026 The United States and Venezuela agreed to reestablish diplomatic relations in a major shift in a historically adversarial relationship, the State Department said on Thursday. —

CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for adversarial

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The paratroopers are trained to jump into hostile or contested areas to secure key territory and airfields.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Mar. 2026
However, Iran’s UN Mission said in a post on X that ‘non-hostile vessels, including those belonging to or associated with other states’ may obtain ‘safe passage’ through the Strait of Hormuz via coordination with Tehran.

— Joseph Wilkins,Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 25 Mar. 2026