foe, challenger, adversary, nemesis, rematch, matchup, underdog, puncher, rivals, fighter, defeat, candidate, sparring partner, aggressor, pugilist, southpaw, contender, counterpunch, grappler, boxer, semifinal, match, defenders, outstrike, pushover, outfighting, debater, slugfest, victor, against, tko, blitzing, squeaker, opposition, enemy, wrestler, conquerer, toughie, uppercut, playmaker, battler, prizefighter, decider, victory, defenses, incumbent, game, vanquisher, competitor, pinner, kayos, knockout punch, volleyer, counterpart, politician, conqueror, tormentor, titlist, pretender, nominee, intimidator, player, patsy, physicalness, champion, scrapper, vacillator, dogfight, outrush, tactician, supporter, kickboxer, creampuff, officeholder, noncandidate, super middleweight, gnp, archrival, brawler, outwork, trouncing, gumshield, opener, losable, partisans, candidacy, barnburner, returner, buzzsaw, mauler, quickness, knockout, quarterfinals, physicality, holmia, taunter, newcomer, backer, slickster, offense, jab, grummet, opponents, advocate, defender, proponent, adversaries, contestant, proponents, advocates, opposer, campaigner, enemies, neural, dynamical, electrokinetic, achromatic, additive, autocrine, autopoietic, biogeochemical, effector, electrochemical, electrodynamic, feedback, foreground, hydromechanical, mediational, paracrine, parent, perceptual, phagocytic, pharmacokinetic

antichrist, besieger, dueler, duelist, dueller, duellist, foeman, luddite

., aim, away, bakunin, bear hug, belt, block, bluff, bluff out, bonhoeffer, break, break of serve, butter, bye, capture, check, checkers, checkmate, chess, chess game, choke, clean, clinch, confront, counterattack, counterplay, cover, criticism, croquet, crosscheck, cut, decision, deck, defending, deflect, demur, demurral, demurrer, dialectical, dietrich bonhoeffer, dirty tricks, discovered check, disingenuously, down, draughts, encounter, evasion, evasive action, extreme right-winger, falter, foil, formidable, full nelson, go, go fish, go game, grappler, half nelson, halma, hammerlock, haymaker, headlock, hit, hook, icing, icing the puck, ignatius of loyola, japanese stranglehold, karate, king, knockdown, knockout, knockout punch, ko, ko punch, land, lock, loyola, luddite, maintain, maneuver, manoeuvre, mary augusta arnold ward, mate, matman, mauler, meet, mercilessly, mikhail aleksandrovich bakunin, mikhail bakunin, mrs. humphrey ward, no-hit, noughts and crosses, offset, opposed, opposing, outbid, overbid, overcall, owen, parry, pass, passing shot, paste, pick, plant, play, popular front, promote, razmataz, razzle, razzle-dazzle, razzmatazz, reactionary, refute, replay, rip, saint ignatius of loyola, sarcasm, service break, shadowbox, shadowboxing, sir richard owen, snooker, st. ignatius of loyola, straight-arm, strangle, stranglehold, strike, stymie, sunday punch, superior, tackle, take, take on, tense, tic-tac-toe, tick-tack-toe, ticktacktoe, ticktacktoo, tit-tat-toe, tolerant, ultraconservative, unblushingly, unopposed, uphold, uppercut, ward, wilt, withstander, wrestler

antagonist, human, individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul

hostile, opposite