## Meanings
1. A person who hates you, opposes you, or wants to harm you.
2. A country or armed force that you are fighting against in a war.
3. Something that harms or works against you.

## Examples
- He made many enemies during his rise to power.
- The soldiers rallied together against a common enemy.
- For a perfectionist, time can become the enemy.

## Synonyms
- adversary
- antagonist
- backfriend
- bane
- corrival
- fiend
- foe
- foeman
- nemesis
- opponent
- opposer
- rival

## Antonyms
- accomplice
- ally
- friend
- pal
- partner
- supporter

## Derived Forms
- archenemy
- enemedia
- enemy-like
- enemydom
- enemyhood
- enemyism
- enemyless
- enemylike
- enemyness
- enemyship
- enemyslash
- enemywise

## Related Forms
- enmity
- frenemy
- inimical
- nemesis
- villain

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: enemy
- Root: enemi
- Root: inimīcus

## Etymology
From Middle English enemy, enemye, enmy, borrowed from Old French enemi, anemi (Modern French ennemi), from Latin inimīcus, from in- (“not”) + amīcus (“friend”). Displaced Middle English fend (“enemy”), from Old English fēond (“enemy”), which survived into Modern English as fiend, but with a different meaning. Doublet of inimic.

## AI Etymology
Enemy comes from Middle English enemy, enemye, enmy, borrowed from Old French enemi, anemi (Modern French ennemi), from Latin inimīcus, from in- (“not”) + amīcus (“friend”). Displaced Middle English fend (“enemy”), from Old English fēond (“enemy”), which survived into Modern English as fiend, but with a different meaning. Doublet of inimic. In current use, the main senses are “A person who hates you, opposes you, or wants to harm you” and “A country or armed force that you are fighting against in a war”.

## Topics
- War & Conflict

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