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English noun: agonist | |||
| 1. | agonist (person) the principal character in a work of fiction | ||
| Synonyms | protagonist | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | antihero | ||
| Instance hypernym | character, fictional character, fictitious character | ||
| 2. | agonist (person) someone involved in a contest or battle (as in an agon) | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | contestant | ||
| Antonyms | adversary, antagonist, opposer, opponent, resister | ||
| 3. | agonist (body) a muscle that contracts while another relaxes | ||
| Samples | When bending the elbow the biceps are the agonist. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | antagonistic muscle | ||
| 4. | agonist (artifact) (biochemistry) a drug that can combine with a receptor on a cell to produce a physiological reaction | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | drug | ||
| Domain category | biochemistry | ||
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