Foe

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A personal enemy.
  • n. An enemy in war.
  • n. An adversary; an opponent: a foe of tax reform. See Synonyms at enemy.
  • n. Something that opposes, injures, or impedes: taxes that were the foe of economic development.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A unit of energy equal to 1044 joules.
  • adj. Hostile.
  • n. An enemy.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One who entertains personal enmity, hatred, grudge, or malice, against another; an enemy.
  • n. An enemy in war; a hostile army.
  • n. One who opposes on principle; an opponent; an adversary; an ill-wisher; as, a foe to religion.
  • v. To treat as an enemy.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An enemy; one who entertains hatred, grudge, or malice against another.
  • n. An enemy in war; one of a nation or people at war with another, whether personally inimical or not; a hostile or opposing army; an adversary.
  • n. An opponent; a malevolent or hostile agent or principle: as, a foe to all measures of reform; intemperance is a foe to thrift.
  • n. One who or that which injures, harasses, or hinders anything: as, the climate is a foe to grape-culture.
  • n. Synonyms Antagonist, Opponent, etc. See adversary.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force)
  • n. a personal enemy
  • Antonym
    ally    friend   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    enemy    opponent    adversary    ill-wisher   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Au    Beau    Bio    Bo    Bordeaux    Boudreaux    Bow    Cloe    Co    Cousteau   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    enemy    warrior    opponent    adversary    beast    ally    tyrant    demon    invader    soldier