Enemy
Enemy noun - One that is hostile toward another.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- You really have no choice, as he's forced to join your group temporarily anyway as part of a larger enemy mine situation with the two warring kingdoms vs the invading aliens.
Source: Enemy Mine / Video Games - Enemy Mine: Tenamaxtli uses this to his advantage in order to get all of the previously warring Yaki tribes to fight together against the Spaniards.
Source: Literature / Aztec -
They're just like two buddy cops, and they pop CMOAs like...popcorn.The defining factor here is that even though they are technically spies for two warring factions, what they're actually up to is a separate shadow war against a third, mutual enemy.
Source: Friendly Enemy
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Warring and Enemy. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/enemy/warring
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