'Enemy' definitions:
Definition of 'enemy'
(from WordNet)
noun
An opposing military force; "the enemy attacked at dawn"
noun
An armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force); "a soldier must be prepared to kill his enemies" [syn: enemy, foe, foeman, opposition]
noun
Any hostile group of people; "he viewed lawyers as the real enemy"
noun
Definition of 'Enemy'
From: GCIDE
- Enemy \En"e*my\, n.; pl. Enemies. [OF. enemi, F. ennemi, from L. inimicus; in- (negative) + amicus friend. See Amicable.] One hostile to another; one who hates, and desires or attempts the injury of, another; a foe; an adversary; as, an enemy of or to a person; an enemy to truth, or to falsehood. [1913 Webster]
- To all good he enemy was still. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- I say unto you, Love your enemies. --Matt. v. 44. [1913 Webster]
- The enemy (Mil.), the hostile force. In this sense it is construed with the verb and pronoun either in the singular or the plural, but more commonly in the singular; as, we have met the enemy and he is ours or they are ours. [1913 Webster]
- It was difficult in such a country to track the enemy. It was impossible to drive him to bay. --Macaulay.
- Syn: Foe; antagonist; opponent. See Adversary. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Enemy'
From: GCIDE
- Enemy \En"e*my\, a. Hostile; inimical. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- They . . . every day grow more enemy to God. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'enemy'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adversary,
- adversative,
- adverse,
- aggressive,
- alien,
- antagonist,
- antagonistic,
- anti,
- antipathetic,
- antithetic,
- archenemy,
- assailant,
- attacker,
- battling,
- bellicose,
- belligerent,
- bitter enemy,
- bloodthirsty,
- bloody,
- bloody-minded,
- chauvinist,
- chauvinistic,
- clashing,
- combatant,
- combative,
- competitive,
- competitor,
- con,
- conflicting,
- contender,
- contentious,
- contestant,
- contradictory,
- contrary,
- counter,
- cross,
- devil,
- disaccordant,
- dissentient,
- emulator,
- ferocious,
- fierce,
- fighting,
- foe,
- foeman,
- fractious,
- full of fight,
- hawkish,
- hostile,
- inimical,
- invader,
- jingo,
- jingoish,
- jingoist,
- jingoistic,
- martial,
- militant,
- militaristic,
- military,
- negative,
- noncooperative,
- obstinate,
- offensive,
- open enemy,
- opponent,
- opposed,
- opposing,
- opposing party,
- opposite,
- opposite camp,
- oppositional,
- oppositive,
- oppugnant,
- overthwart,
- perverse,
- public enemy,
- pugnacious,
- quarrelsome,
- recalcitrant,
- refractory,
- repugnant,
- rival,
- saber-rattling,
- sanguinary,
- sanguineous,
- savage,
- scrappy,
- soldierlike,
- soldierly,
- sworn enemy,
- the loyal opposition,
- the opposition,
- the other side,
- trigger-happy,
- truculent,
- uncooperative,
- unfavorable,
- unfriendly,
- unpacific,
- unpeaceable,
- unpeaceful,
- unpropitious,
- warlike,
- warmongering,
- warring