Contender and Enemy

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Contender

Contender noun - One who seeks an office, honor, position, or award.
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Enemy and contender are semantically related in opponent topic. In some cases you can use "Enemy" instead a noun "Contender".
Nearby Words: contended, contending

Enemy

Enemy noun - A personal enemy.
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Contender and enemy are semantically related in opponent topic. You can use "Contender" instead a noun "Enemy", if it concerns topics such as someone hated or competed against.

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  • As a faithful servant of the Toyotomi clan, he swore to protect Hideyori (Hideyoshi's son) and thus became a bitter enemy of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the other major contender for the shogunate.
    Source: Useful Notes / Ishida Mitsunari
  • Arch Enemy / Comic Books The Kingpin (who would also be an impressive fourth place on Spidey's Arch Enemy list, as well as a contender for The Punisher's).
    Source: Arch Enemy / Comic Books
  • Comic Book / The Night Gwen Stacy Died Breakout Villain: The Green Goblin became a contender for Arch-Enemy status after this story (though it did take until The Clone Saga - the second one, in The '90s - to actually happen).
    Source: Comic Book / The Night Gwen Stacy Died
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