Agonist — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the principal character in a work of fiction

someone involved in a contest or battle (as in an agon)

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˈæn/

🇬🇧British English

/blˈɒkhɛdɪd/

🇮🇳Indian English

/blˈɒkhɛdɪd/

3 syllables Say it as /kˈæn/.

Examples

when bending the elbow the biceps are the agonist

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

protagonist

Antonyms

antagonist

Parts of Speech

noun	the principal character in a work of fiction
noun	someone involved in a contest or battle (as in an agon)
noun	a muscle that contracts while another relaxes “when bending the elbow the biceps are the agonist”
noun	(biochemistry) a drug that can combine with a receptor on a cell to produce a physiological reaction

Word Forms

agony	noun	intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain
agonistic	adjective	of or relating to the athletic contests held in ancient Greece

Around the World

Europe

🇫🇷French

agoniste

le personnage principal d'une œuvre de fiction

🇪🇸Spanish

agonista

el personaje principal de una obra de ficción

🇮🇹Italian

agonista

il personaggio principale di un'opera di finzione

🇵🇹Portuguese

agonista

o personagem principal de uma obra de ficção

🇷🇺Russian

агонист

главный герой художественного произведения

India

🇮🇳Hindi

एगोनिस्ट

किसी काल्पनिक कृति का मुख्य पात्र

🇧🇩Bengali

অ্যাগোনিস্ট

কথাসাহিত্যের একটি কাজের প্রধান চরিত্র

🇮🇳Tamil

அகோனிஸ்ட்

புனைகதை படைப்பில் முக்கிய பாத்திரம்

🇮🇳Telugu

అగోనిస్ట్

కల్పిత రచనలో ప్రధాన పాత్ర

🇮🇳Marathi

ऍगोनिस्ट

कल्पित कामातील प्रमुख पात्र

🇮🇳Gujarati

એગોનિસ્ટ

સાહિત્યના કાર્યમાં મુખ્ય પાત્ર

🇮🇳Kannada

ಅಗೋನಿಸ್ಟ್

ಕಾಲ್ಪನಿಕ ಕೃತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರಮುಖ ಪಾತ್ರ

🇮🇳Malayalam

അഗോണിസ്റ്റ്

ഒരു ഫിക്ഷൻ സൃഷ്ടിയിലെ പ്രധാന കഥാപാത്രം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਐਗੋਨਿਸਟ

ਗਲਪ ਦੇ ਇੱਕ ਕੰਮ ਵਿੱਚ ਮੁੱਖ ਪਾਤਰ

🇵🇰Urdu

اذیت پسند

افسانے کے کام میں بنیادی کردار

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

激动剂

小说中的主要人物

🇯🇵Japanese

アゴニスト

フィクション作品の主人公

🇰🇷Korean

작용제

소설 작품의 주인공

🇻🇳Vietnamese

chất chủ vận

nhân vật chính trong một tác phẩm hư cấu

🇹🇭Thai

ตัวเอก

ตัวละครหลักในงานนวนิยาย

🇮🇩Indonesian

agonis

tokoh utama dalam sebuah karya fiksi

🇵🇭Filipino

agonista

ang pangunahing tauhan sa isang gawa ng kathang-isip

🇲🇾Malay

agonis

watak utama dalam karya fiksyen

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

ناهض

الشخصية الرئيسية في العمل الخيالي

🇮🇷Persian

آگونیست

شخصیت اصلی یک اثر داستانی

🇮🇱Hebrew

אגוניסט

הדמות הראשית ביצירה בדיונית

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