NEMESIS: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for NEMESIS?

Need another word that means the same as “nemesis”? Find 12 synonyms and 30 related words for “nemesis” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Nemesis” are: bane, curse, scourge, downfall, undoing, ruin, ruination, destruction, waterloo, retribution, vengeance, punishment

Nemesis as a Noun

Definitions of "Nemesis" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “nemesis” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• (Greek mythology) the goddess of divine retribution and vengeance.
• A long-standing rival; an arch-enemy.
• Retributive justice.
• A downfall caused by an inescapable agent.
• Something causing misery or death.
• The inescapable agent of someone's or something's downfall.
• The goddess of divine retribution and vengeance.

Synonyms of "Nemesis" as a noun (12 Words)

bane	A cause of great distress or annoyance. The bane of my life.
curse	A cause of harm or misery. Impatience is the curse of our day and age.
destruction	The action or process of killing or being killed. The destruction of the rainforest.
downfall	A loss of power, prosperity, or status. The wind was whipping up the downfall into deep drifts on the moor.
punishment	A penalty inflicted as retribution for an offence. Crime demands just punishment.
retribution	Punishment inflicted on someone as vengeance for a wrong or criminal act. Divine retribution.
ruin	Destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined. They don t know how to say no and that s been their ruin.
ruination	Destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined. Commercial malpractice causes the ruination of thousands of people.
scourge	Something causing misery or death. The scourge of mass unemployment.
undoing	A person’s ruin or downfall. That complacency was to be their undoing.
vengeance	The act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life. He swore vengeance on the man who betrayed him.
waterloo	A final crushing defeat. He met his waterloo.

Usage Examples of "Nemesis" as a noun

• Will Harry Potter finally defeat his nemesis, Voldemort?
• One risks nemesis by uttering such words.
• Nemesis is notoriously slow.
• Injury, consistently his nemesis, struck him down during the match.

Associations of "Nemesis" (30 Words)

adversary	One’s opponent in a contest, conflict, or dispute. The confrontations of adversary politics.
antagonist	A muscle that relaxes while another contracts. When bending the elbow the triceps are the antagonist.
antithetical	Connected with, containing, or using the rhetorical device of antithesis. When praising the government Pyrocles invokes the familiar oxymoronic and antithetical mode.
bane	A cause of great distress or annoyance. The telephone was the bane of my life.
blooming	Informal intensifiers. I didn t learn a blooming thing.
challenger	The contestant you hope to defeat. The bold challenger of campus orthodoxy.
compete	Compete for something engage in a contest measure oneself against others. No one can compete with his physical prowess.
competition	The activity or condition of striving to gain or win something by defeating or establishing superiority over others. Competition with ungulates or condylarths appears to have been the undoing of marsupials in North America.
competitor	The contestant you hope to defeat. Two competitors were banned for taking drugs.
contend	Compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others. She had to contend with his uncertain temper.
contender	A person or group competing with others to achieve something. A presidential contender.
contestant	A person who takes part in a contest or competition. An anxious contestant on a television quiz show.
counterpart	A duplicate copy. The minister held talks with his French counterpart.
crossfire	Gunfire from two or more directions passing through the same area. A photographer was killed in crossfire.
emasculate	Deprive of strength or vigor. The refusal to allow them to testify effectively emasculated the committee.
enemy	A personal enemy. The enemy attacked at dawn.
foe	An armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force. They had been political foes for years.
knead	Make bread or pottery by kneading flour or clay. She kneaded his back.
objector	A person who expresses opposition to or disagreement with something. Objectors to the housing plans.
opponent	Characterized by active hostility. An opponent of the economic reforms.
oppose	Set into opposition or rivalry. The senator said he would oppose the bill.
opposing	(of two or more subjects) differing from or in conflict with each other. On the opposing page there were two addresses.
outshine	Shine brighter than. What star outshines the sun.
outwit	Deceive by greater ingenuity. Ray had outwitted many an opponent.
rival	Be the rival of be in competition with. She has no rivals as a female rock singer.
scourge	Cause great suffering to. Our people did scourge him severely.
terror	Terrorism. Weapons of terror.
threat	A statement of an intention to inflict pain, injury, damage, or other hostile action on someone in retribution for something done or not done. Hurricane damage poses a major threat to many coastal communities.
unseat	Dislodge from one’s seat, as from a horse. Rawhide unseated Kevin Bradley at the first fence.
vie	Compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others. The athletes were vying for a place in the British team.