Sinonim agonist

English Thesaurus

1. (biochemistry) a drug that can combine with a receptor on a cell to produce a physiological reaction (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	drug,
definition	:	a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic (noun.artifact)

domain category	:	biochemistry,
definition	:	the organic chemistry of compounds and processes occurring in organisms; the effort to understand biology within the context of chemistry (noun.cognition)

2. a muscle that contracts while another relaxes (noun.body)

hypernym	:	antagonistic muscle,
definition	:	(physiology) a muscle that opposes the action of another (noun.body)

3. someone involved in a contest or battle (as in an agon) (noun.person)

hypernym	:	contestant,
definition	:	a person who participates in competitions (noun.person)

4. the principal character in a work of fiction (noun.person)

hyponym	:	antihero,
definition	:	a protagonist who lacks the characteristics that would make him a hero (or her a heroine) (noun.person)

instance hypernym	:	character, fictional character, fictitious character,
definition	:	an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story) (noun.person)

5. someone involved in a contest or battle (as in an agon) (noun.person)

antonym	:	adversary, antagonist, opponent, opposer, resister,
definition	:	someone who offers opposition (noun.person)

derivation	:	agony, torment, torture,
definition	:	intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain (noun.feeling)

derivation	:	agony, excruciation, suffering,
definition	:	a state of acute pain (noun.state)

derivation	:	agonistic,
definition	:	of or relating to the athletic contests held in ancient Greece (adj.pert)

6. the principal character in a work of fiction (noun.person)

derivation	:	agony, torment, torture,
definition	:	intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain (noun.feeling)

7. someone involved in a contest or battle (as in an agon) (noun.person)

antonym	:	adversary, antagonist, opponent, opposer, resister,
definition	:	someone who offers opposition (noun.person)

derivation	:	agony, torment, torture,
definition	:	intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain (noun.feeling)

derivation	:	agony, excruciation, suffering,
definition	:	a state of acute pain (noun.state)

derivation	:	agonistic,
definition	:	of or relating to the athletic contests held in ancient Greece (adj.pert)

8. the principal character in a work of fiction (noun.person)

derivation	:	agony, torment, torture,
definition	:	intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain (noun.feeling)