Synonyms for defier


Grammar : Noun
Spell : dih-fahy-er
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈfaɪ ər


Définition of defier

  • As in challenger : noun contestant
Example sentences :
  • Richard sent up his brows, and stared at his defier an instant.
  • Extract from : « The Ordeal of Richard Feverel, Complete » by George Meredith
  • In our way we passed along one side of the valley of Elah, where David slew the giant, that defier of the army of Israel.
  • Extract from : « Early Travels in Palestine » by Arculf et al.
  • Another order, and the guard of armed fighting men formed in a circle about the defier of their god.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 » by Various
  • When a defier of the gods, like Ajax the son of Oileus, appears, the world approves him and loves him.
  • Extract from : « Main Currents in Nineteenth Century Literature, Vol. III (of 6) The Reaction in France » by Georg Brandes
  • As I looked, I said to myself over and over, "Is it possible this is a slayer of men, an eluder and defier of the law?"
  • Extract from : « Mothering on Perilous » by Lucy S. Furman
  • Man in Mr. Conrad's stories is always a defier of the devils, and the devils are usually put to flight.
  • Extract from : « Old and New Masters » by Robert Lynd
  • She came out of it the Isabelle of her early childhood—révoltée, enemy to authority, defier of God and the universe.
  • Extract from : « The Cricket » by Marjorie Cooke
  • It would be a mistake, however, to think of Theodore only as a controversalist and defier of the civil authority.
  • Extract from : « Byzantine Churches in Constantinople » by Alexander Van Millingen
  • For every one knew that Hilary Grendon, the prime mover, the defier of the Mercutians, had escaped.
  • Extract from : « Slaves of Mercury » by Nat Schachner
  • I am a defier of nobody; but if an end is not put to this war, there is an end to this country!
  • Extract from : « The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. » by E. Farr and E. H. Nolan

Words or expressions associated with your search


Most wanted synonyms

Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019