opponent

/ə'poʊnənt/ adjectivenoun

8 letters3 syllables12 points in Scrabble®16 points in WWF®

DEFINITIONS3

ADJECTIVE

1

Characterized by active hostility.

“opponent (or opposing) armies”

NOUN

1

Someone who offers opposition.

2

A contestant that you are matched against.

WORD FORMS

Related formoppose

GAME SCORES

Scrabble®12 points

Words With Friends®16 points

Double word24 points

Triple word36 points

GOOD TO KNOW

Pig Latinopponentway

Starts & ends withO … T

Syllablesop · po · nent

SYNONYMS & RELATED9

opposing hostile oppose adversary antagonist opposer resister opposite opposition

KEEP EXPLORING4

8-letter wordsevery 8-letter word Words starting with Ofirst-letter list Words ending in Tlast-letter list 3-syllable wordsby syllable count