The definition of an opponent is someone who you compete against, who has interests opposing yours, or is a person who is against something.
(noun)See opponent in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
Origin: < L opponens, prp. of opponere < ob- (see ob-) + ponere, to place: see position
adjective
See opponent in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Origin:
Origin: Latin oppōnēns, oppōnent-
Origin: , present participle of oppōnere, to oppose; see oppose
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