Definition of enemy Enemy
/ɛˈnʌmi/ - [enumee] - en•e•my
We found 20 definitions of enemy from 9 different sources.
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What does enemy mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: enemies |
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| enemy - an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force); "a soldier must be prepared to kill his enemies" | ||
| foe, foeman, opposition | ||
| adversary, opposer, opponent, resister, antagonist someone who offers opposition | ||
| enemy any hostile group of people; "he viewed lawyers as the real enemy" | ||
| armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" | ||
| enemy - an opposing military force; "the enemy attacked at dawn" | ||
| military force, military group, military unit, force a unit that is part of some military service; "he sent Caesar a force of six thousand men" | ||
| enemy - any hostile group of people; "he viewed lawyers as the real enemy" | ||
| enemy - a personal enemy; "they had been political foes for years" | ||
| foe | ||
| ally, friend a friendly nation | ||
| challenger, competitor, contender, rival, competition the contestant you hope to defeat; "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- enemy (Noun)
Someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else. - enemy (Noun)
A hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation. - enemy (Noun)
An alliance of such forces. - enemy (Adjective)
Of, relating to, or belonging to an enemy.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- enemy (n.)
One hostile to another; one who hates, and desires or attempts the injury of, another; a foe; an adversary; as, an enemy of or to a person; an enemy to truth, or to falsehood. - enemy (a.)
Hostile; inimical.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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enemy
Someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else. -
enemy
The troups of a state, nation or people with whom one is at war. -
enemy
Man who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else. -
enemy
Of, relating to, or belonging to an enemy.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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enemy
en′e-mi, n. one who hates or dislikes: a foe: a hostile army.—adj. (obs.) hostile.—How goes the enemy? (slang) what o'clock is it?—The Enemy, The old Enemy, the Devil; The last enemy, death. [O. Fr. enemi (mod. Fr. ennemi)—L. inimicus—in, neg., amicus, a friend.] -
enemy
a prov. form of anemone
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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enemy
The power or people against whom war is waged.
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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enemy
In military language, the opposing force; as, “We have met the enemy, and they are ours.”
Wikipedia 
- An enemy is a person or group of people who opposes another person or group of people. In war, the enemy is anyone fighting for the other side of the war.
Part of speech
🔤- enemy, noun, singular of enemies.
- enemy, adjective.
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