agonist

Other forms of agonist

plural

agonists·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about agonist

What does agonist mean?

agonist means "the principal character in a work of fiction". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in agonist?

agonist has 3 syllables: ag-o-nist. The stress falls on "ag". In IPA it is /ˈæɡənɪst/.

What is another word for agonist?

Close synonyms include protagonist. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of agonist?

The recorded antonyms are antagonist.

Is agonist a common word?

agonist is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.