Noun
- 1. protagonist, agonist
- usage: the principal character in a work of fiction
- 2. agonist, contestant
- usage: someone involved in a contest or battle (as in an agon)
- 3. agonist, antagonistic muscle
- usage: a muscle that contracts while another relaxes; "when bending the elbow the biceps are the agonist"
- 4. agonist, drug
- usage: (biochemistry) a drug that can combine with a receptor on a cell to produce a physiological reaction
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