as in opponent
one that is hostile toward another
a beloved minister with no known enemies
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Recent Examples of enemy
And, all of a sudden, comedians started becoming like the enemy.
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Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 10 Jan. 2026
Leonardo DiCaprio stars as a scruffy former revolutionary desperate to find his teen daughter (Chase Infiniti) with an old enemy (Sean Penn) in hot pursuit.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 9 Jan. 2026
Even paranoiacs have enemies, maybe rendering their paranoia a rational response.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2026
Yuji Itadori faces the weight of impossible choices, Megumi steps further into morally gray territory and the line between ally and enemy grows dangerously thin.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 9 Jan. 2026
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Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 10 Jan. 2026
Leonardo DiCaprio stars as a scruffy former revolutionary desperate to find his teen daughter (Chase Infiniti) with an old enemy (Sean Penn) in hot pursuit.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 9 Jan. 2026
Even paranoiacs have enemies, maybe rendering their paranoia a rational response.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2026
Yuji Itadori faces the weight of impossible choices, Megumi steps further into morally gray territory and the line between ally and enemy grows dangerously thin.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 9 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enemy
Noun
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Emmer has been a staunch opponent of Walz for some time, whose antagonism for the governor heightened once Walz became the vice presidential running mate to former Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 election.—
Lauren Green,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Jan. 2026
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Garrett faced multiple opponents on 90 percent of his pass rushing snaps prior to Week 18, per PFF.—
Jacob Robinson,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Trump believes exacting tariffs can be a useful tool in prodding friends and foes on the global stage to bend to his will.—
Jon Gambrell,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Jan. 2026
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Infiniti plays Willa in Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another, a girl whose revolutionary parents (DiCaprio and Teyana Taylor) face off against military foes.—
Virginia Chamlee,
PEOPLE,
13 Jan. 2026
Noun
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But no one has just been out-and-out hostile to him.—
Matthew Stolle,
Twin Cities,
28 Jan. 2026
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Deputy District Attorney Scott Pirrello told jurors that Bushey had a history of acting hostile toward family members and that his sister’s abrupt presence in the home set him off, leading him to act out and her to fear for her safety.—
City News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Jan. 2026
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“Enemy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enemy. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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