English Explanatory Dictionary

agonist

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Someone involved in a contest or battle (as in an agon), protagonist.
  2. The muscle that contracts while the other relaxes.
  3. A molecule that can combine with a receptor on a cell to produce a physiological reaction.

Pronunciation

/ˈæɡəˌnɪst/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-agonist.wav /ˈeɪ̯ɡəˌnɪst/

Word forms

agonist agonists

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin agōnista, from Ancient Greek ἀγωνιστής (agōnistḗs, “combatant, champion”). By surface analysis, agon or agony + -ist.

Derived words

agonistical agonistics antagonist co-agonist coagonist deuteragonist inverse agonist protagonist superagonist tritagonist
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