different between contender vs antagonist

English

Etymology

contend +? -er

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /k?n?t?n.d?/
• Rhymes: -?nd?(?)
• Hyphenation: con?ten?der

Noun

contender (plural contenders)

1. Someone who competes with one or more other people.
2. Someone who has a viable chance of winning a competition.
   • 2016, David Hytner, Mesut Özil has Arsenal daring to dream of Premier League glory (in The Guardian, 1 January 2016)[1]

     In April 2014, towards the end of Özil’s first season at Arsenal – which had been marked by highs and lows – Wenger predicted the German would be a contender for the player of the year awards in 2014?15.

Translations

See also

• contestant

Anagrams

• retconned

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin contendere, present active infinitive of contend?.

Verb

contender (first-person singular present indicative contendo, past participle contendido)

1. (intransitive) to contend (to strive in opposition)

Conjugation

Related terms

• contenção
• contendente
• contendor

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin contendere, present active infinitive of contend?.

Verb

contender (first-person singular present contiendo, first-person singular preterite contendí, past participle contendido)

1. to contend
2. to contest

Conjugation

Related terms

• contención
• contendiente
• contendor

English

Etymology

From Latin antagonista, from Ancient Greek ???????????? (antag?nist?s, “opponent”) (???? (antí, “against”) + ????????? (ag?nist?s, “a combatant, pleader, actor”)), from ?????????????? (antag?nízesthai, “antagonize”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æn?tæ??n?st/

Noun

antagonist (plural antagonists)

1. An opponent or enemy.
   • 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie

     our antagonists in these controversies

2. One who antagonizes or stirs.
3. (biochemistry) A chemical that binds to a receptor but does not produce a physiological response, blocking the action of agonist chemicals.
   • 2001: The calcium antagonists represent one of the top ten classes of prescription drugs in terms of commercial value, with worldwide sales of nearly $10 billion in 1999. — Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford 2001, p. 41)
4. (authorship) The main character or force opposing the protagonist in a literary work or drama.
5. (anatomy) A muscle that acts in opposition to another.

   A flexor, which bends a part, is the antagonist of an extensor, which extends it.

Antonyms

• protagonist
• agonist (biochemistry)

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• stagnation

Danish

Noun

antagonist c (singular definite antagonisten, plural indefinite antagonister)

1. (literature) antagonist

Declension

Synonyms

• skurk

Further reading

• “antagonist” in Den Danske Ordbog

Romanian

Etymology

From French antagoniste, from Latin antagonista.

Adjective

antagonist m or n (feminine singular antagonist?, masculine plural antagoni?ti, feminine and neuter plural antagoniste)

1. antagonist

Declension