agonist
Noun
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The principal character in a work of fiction (synset 110192465)
hypernym: character, fictional character, fictitious character - an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)hyponym: antihero - a protagonist who lacks the characteristics that would make him a hero (or her a heroine)synonym: protagonist
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Someone involved in a contest or battle (as in an agon) (synset 109798721)
hypernym: contestant - a person who participates in competitions
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A muscle that contracts while another relaxes (synset 105300767)
"when bending the elbow the biceps are the agonist"hypernym: antagonistic muscle - (physiology) a muscle that opposes the action of another
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(biochemistry) a drug that can combine with a receptor on a cell to produce a physiological reaction (synset 102687648)
domain category: biochemistry - the organic chemistry of compounds and processes occurring in organisms; the effort to understand biology within the context of chemistryhypernym: drug - a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic
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