enemy

Someone who dislikes you strongly or wants to harm or oppose you.

• He used to be my enemy.
• She made enemies by treating people unfairly.
• Why do you see me as an enemy?

How to use it: enemy of someone/something (He became an enemy of the government.)

Similar words: foe, adversary

Opposites: friend

Common phrases: an enemy, make an enemy, personal enemy, bitter enemy

The country, army, or soldiers fighting against your side in a war.

• The enemy attacked at dawn.
• Our soldiers moved behind enemy lines.
• They captured weapons from the enemy.

Similar words: foe, opponent

Opposites: ally

Common phrases: the enemy, enemy forces, enemy territory, enemy soldier