antagonist

Nouns

  • (n) someone who offers opposition adversary, opposer, opponent, resister,
  • (n) a muscle that relaxes while another contracts
    • when bending the elbow the triceps are the antagonist
  • (n) a drug that neutralizes or counteracts the effects of another drug

Synonyms

adversary opposer opponent resister

Antonyms

agonist synergist

Words of close approximity

antagonise antagonism
antagonise antagonism antagonize
antagonistic antagonistically antagonistic muscle