agonist : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: agonist	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for agonist
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
agonist n the principal character in a work of fiction [syn: protagonist, agonist] someone involved in a contest or battle (as in an agon) Antonym(s): adversary, antagonist, opponent, opposer, resister a muscle that contracts while another relaxes; "when bending the elbow the biceps are the agonist" (biochemistry) a drug that can combine with a receptor on a cell to produce a physiological reaction
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Agonist \Ag"o*nist\, n. [Gr. [?].] One who contends for the prize in public games. [R.]