ANTAGONIST
Scrabble letter values: A1N1T1A1G2O1N1I1S1T1 = 11
Definition
- noun someone who offers opposition. — synonyms: adversary, opponent, opposer, resister
- noun a muscle that relaxes while another contracts.
- noun a drug that neutralizes or counteracts the effects of another drug.
Examples
- “when bending the elbow the triceps are the antagonist”
- “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.”