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Definition of enemy : 1. Hostile; inimical.
2. 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.

Synonyms:

confederate, falsifier, terrorist, murderer, confrontation, traitor, revolutionary, criminal, ally, hostile, nemesis, informer, detractor, love, resistance, assassin, rebel, betrayer, friend, supporter, inquisitor, foeman, oppositeness, spy

brawler, gladiator, foe, man-at-arms, duelist, rival, competitor, mercenary, jouster, pugilist, struggler, combatant, tough, rioter, adversary, opponent, bruiser, warrior, quarreler, bully, battler, antagonist, soldier, swordsman, militant, thug, contestant, assailant, fighter

disputant, opposer, villain, foil, assaulter

opposite, shrew, archenemy, opposition, sanguinary, devil, unfriendly, invader, sectary, savage, sectarian, attacker

Usage examples:

• " But tell me," added he, " do you think my daughter safe, so near a garrison of the enemy?" - "The Scottish Chiefs", Jane Porter.
• He could not understand how his enemy had got out of the way so quickly. - "Children of the Wild", Charles G. D. Roberts.
• He did not speak to her like an enemy;- and then, too, he would know better than any man alive how she might best escape from her trouble. - "The Eustace Diamonds", Anthony Trollope.