antagonist

Other forms of antagonist

plural

antagonists·

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 antagonist

What does antagonist mean?

antagonist means "someone who offers opposition". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in antagonist?

antagonist has 4 syllables: an-tag-o-nist. The stress falls on "tag". In IPA it is /ænˈtæɡənəst/.

What is another word for antagonist?

Close synonyms include adversary, opponent, opposer, resister. 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 antagonist?

The recorded antonyms are agonist, synergist.

Is antagonist a common word?

antagonist is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with antagonist?

1 word rhymes with antagonist. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.