Definitions for adversary
ad·ver·sa·ry

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. adversary, antagonist, opponent, opposer, resisternoun

   someone who offers opposition

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. adversarynoun

   An opponent or rival.

2. Adversarynoun

   Satan

3. Adversarynoun

   the Devil

4. Adversarynoun

   Shaitan

5. Etymology: aversaire (in Wace's Life of Saint Margaret), from aversier, aversaire (French adversaire), from adversarius, from adversus.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Adversarynoun

   An opponent; antagonist; enemy: generally applied to those that have verbal or judicial quarrels; as, controvertists or litigants: sometimes to an opponent in single combat. It may sometimes imply an open profession of enmity; as we say, a secret enemy is worse than an open adversary.

   Etymology: adversaire, Fr. adversarius, Lat.

   Yet am I noble, as the adversary
   I come to cope. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

   Those rites and ceremonies of the church, therefore, which were the self-same now that they were, when holy and virtuous men maintained them against profane and deriding adversaries, her own children have in derision. Richard Hooker, b. i. § 1.

   Mean while th’ adversary of God and man,
   Satan, with thoughts inflam’d, of highest design,
   Puts on swift wings. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. ii. l. 620.

   An adversary, on the contrary, makes a stricter search into us, and discovers every flaw and imperfection in our tempers. A friend exaggerates a man’s virtues; an enemy inflames his crimes. Joseph Addison, Spectator, №. 399.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Adversary

   An adversary is generally considered to be a person, group, or force that opposes and/or attacks.

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1. adversary

   An adversary is a person, group, or force that opposes or attacks; an opponent or enemy. In a broader sense, it can also refer to anything that opposes or obstructs progress or achievement, such as a difficult situation or a challenging problem.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Adversarynoun

   one who is turned against another or others with a design to oppose or resist them; a member of an opposing or hostile party; an opponent; an antagonist; an enemy; a foe

2. Adversaryadjective

   opposed; opposite; adverse; antagonistic

3. Adversaryadjective

   having an opposing party; not unopposed; as, an adversary suit

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Adversary

   The Adversary is a fictional character, a demonic supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Adversary

   ad′vėrs-ar-i, n. an opponent: an enemy: Satan, as the general adversary of mankind. [O. Fr. aversier—L. adversarius. See Adverse.]

Dictionary of Military and Associated TermsRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. adversary

   A party acknowledged as potentially hostile to a friendly party and against which the use of force may be envisaged.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. adversary

   Generally applied to an enemy, but strictly an opponent in single combat.

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. adversary

   Generally applied to an enemy, but strictly an opponent in single combat.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of adversary in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of adversary in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of adversary in a Sentence

1. United States:

   We can not allow anyone to evade sanctions, because the consequences of North Korea obtaining funding, technology and information to further North Korea desire to build nuclear weapons put the world at risk, it's even more egregious that a United States citizen allegedly chose to aid our adversary.

2. James Scott:

   A single spear-phishing email carrying a slightly altered malware can bypass multi-million dollar enterprise security solutions if an adversary deceives a cyber-hygienically apathetic employee into opening the attachment or clicking a malicious link and thereby compromising the entire network.

3. Jeff Bardin:

   The explosion was far beyond what is believed cyber sabotage could have created, if Iran complains too loudly that adversaries destroyed their nuclear weapons development, the IAEA and the world will want a local inspection Iran has claimed they are not creating nuclear weapons. If they complain too loudly, we can confirm those locations for nuclear weapons development. If Iranian authorities claim adversary actions occurred, internally, they look weak, where they already suffer a lack of confidence. If they openly respond, they risk more attacks.

4. Edith Hamilton:

   He was, first and last, the born fighter, to whom the consciousness of being matched against a great adversary suffices and who can dispense with success. Life for him was an adventure, perilous indeed, but men are not made for safe havens. The fullness of life is in the hazards of life. And, at the worst, there is that in us which can turn defeat into victory.

5. Rear Adm. Jeff Jablon:

   We used to be known as the silent service during the Cold War, (we) never let anybody know where we were operating, in today’s submarine force, we operate extensively with the rest of the United States services and with our allies. So the adversary knows we can operate in international waters anywhere on the world.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=adversary
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Adversary
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=adversary
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adversary
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adversary
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=adversary
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=adversary
9. ^ Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
   https://www.tradoc.army.mil/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AD1029823-DOD-Dictionary-of-Military-and-Associated-Terms-2017.pdf
10. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
    https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=adversary
11. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
    https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html