• Portuguese: antagonista

• Portuguese: antagonista

Antagonist (from Greek ανταγωνιστής - antagonistes, "opponent, competitor, rival") may refer to:

• a literary term
• Receptor antagonist, a biochemical classification of function
• Antagonist (muscle), a muscle type
• Antagonist (medical) a drug that opposes the action of another drug.
• Antagonist (Childe Cycle), a book in the childe cycle by Gordon R. Dickson and David W. Wixon
• Antagonist (band), A New Zealand metalcore band
• The Antagonists, a novel by Ernest K. Gann about the siege of Masada

See also

• Antagonism
• Agonist

References

Roscius, actor, actress, adversary, anti, antihero, archenemy, assailant, bad guy, barnstormer, bit, bit part, bitter enemy, cast, character, character actor, character man, character woman, child actor, combatant, competition, competitor, con, contender, cue, devil, diseur, diseuse, dramatizer, enemy, fat part, feeder, foe, foeman, foil, heavy, hero, heroine, histrio, histrion, ingenue, juvenile, lead, lead role, leading lady, leading man, leading woman, lines, match, matinee idol, mime, mimer, mimic, monologist, mummer, open enemy, opponent, opposer, opposing party, opposite camp, opposition, oppugnant, pantomime, pantomimist, part, person, personage, piece, playactor, player, protagonist, protean actor, public enemy, reciter, role, side, soubrette, stage performer, stage player, stooge, straight man, straight part, stroller, strolling player, supporting character, supporting role, sworn enemy, the loyal opposition, the opposition, theatrical, thespian, title role, trouper, utility man, villain, walk-on, walking part