ANTAGONIST

/ænˈtæɡənɪst/ ► audio Scrabble 11 Words With Friends 14

Definition

  1. noun someone who offers opposition. — synonyms: adversary, opponent, opposer, resister
  2. noun a muscle that relaxes while another contracts.
  3. noun a drug that neutralizes or counteracts the effects of another drug.

Examples

  • “2001: The calcium antagonists represent one of the top ten classes of prescription drugs in terms of commercial value, with worldwide sales of nearly $10 billion in 1999. — Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford 2001, p. 41)”
  • “A flexor, which bends a part, is the antagonist of an extensor, which extends it.”

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