enemy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛn.ə.mi/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈɛn.ɪ.mi/
Forms: form: enemies
form: enemie
Etymology: From Middle English enemy, enemye, enmy, borrowed from Old French enemi, anemi (Modern French ennemi), from Latin inimīcus, from in- (“not”) + amīcus (“friend”). Displaced Middle English fend (“enemy”), from Old English fēond (“enemy”), which survived into Modern English as fiend, but with a different meaning. Doublet of inimic.
Senses: examples: text: under enemy duress
text: He made a lot of enemies after reducing the working hours in his department.
text: You may not want any enemies, but sometimes, your enemies choose you.
text: If you're not with me, then you're my enemy.
ref: 2005, George Lucas, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, spoken by Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader (Hayden Christensen):
text: Garrus: Fist knows you're coming. We'll have a better chance if we all work together.
Wrex: My people have a saying: Seek the enemy of your enemy, and you will find a friend.
ref: 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Citadel:
text: I am a known enemy and I cannot say more than I already said. And my books and my articles and my magazine- whatever could happen to the publication has already happened. What else? They can kill me. OK, you know, nobody promised me that I'm going to live forever.
ref: 2022 March 13, Yevgenia Albats, 10:01 from the start, in Journalist risking jail to report from inside Russia speaks out, CNN:
synonyms: foe
unfriend
adversary
nemesis
backfriend
antonyms: ally
friend
glosses: Someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else.
examples: text: Rally together against a common enemy.
synonyms: foe
adversary
nemesis
antonyms: ally
friend
glosses: A hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation.
examples: text: The very thing the 16 skiers and snowboarders had sought — fresh, soft snow — instantly became the enemy. Somewhere above, a pristine meadow cracked in the shape of a lightning bolt, slicing a slab nearly 200 feet across and 3 feet deep. Gravity did the rest.
ref: 2012 December 26, John Branch, “Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Nov 2013:
glosses: Something harmful or threatening to another
examples: text: The building was destroyed by enemy bombing.
glosses: Of, by, relating to, or belonging to an enemy.
topics: video-games
synonyms: mob
glosses: A non-player character that tries to harm the player.
Synonyms: word: adversary
word: antagonist
word: backfriend
word: bane
word: bête noire
word: corrival
word: enemy
word: fiend
word: foe
word: foeman
word: unfriend
word: nemesis
word: opponent
word: opposer
word: rival
Hypernyms: word: person
Hyponyms: word: archenemy
word: archfoe
word: archrival
word: assailant
word: attacker
word: asperser
word: combatant
word: hostile
word: invader
word: calumniator
word: defamer
word: detractor
word: ill-wisher
Derived terms: archenemy
be one's own worst enemy
better is the enemy of good
class enemy
enemedia
enemy action
enemy combatant
enemydom
enemyhood
enemy image
enemyism
enemyless
enemy-like
enemylike
enemy line
enemyness
enemy of the people
enemy of the state
enemyship
enemyslash
enemywise
frenemy
how goes the enemy
let the perfect be the enemy of the good
make the perfect the enemy of the good
my enemy's enemy is my friend
nonenemy
no plan survives contact with the enemy
perfection is the enemy of good
perfect is the enemy of good
perfect is the enemy of good enough
public enemy
public enemy number one
the best is the enemy of the good
the better is the enemy of the good
the enemy of my enemy is my friend
the enemy of your enemy is your friend
the perfect is the enemy of the good
worst enemy
Related terms: word: enmity
word: inimical
word: nemesis
word: frenemy
word: villain