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Meaning of 'antagonist' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Antagonist [ a.]
- Antagonistic; opposing; counteracting; as, antagonist schools of philosophy.
2 . Antagonist [ n.]
- One who contends with another, especially in combat; an adversary; an opponent.
- A muscle which acts in opposition to another; as a flexor, which bends a part, is the antagonist of an extensor, which extends it.
- A medicine which opposes the action of another medicine or of a poison when absorbed into the blood or tissues.

Meaning of 'antagonist' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . antagonist [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a muscle that relaxes while another contracts
Example in sentence:
  • when bending the elbow the triceps are the antagonist

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