foil (n.)
- actor
- actress
- antagonist
- antipode
- antipodes
- antithesis
- antonym
- background
- baffle
- bafflement
- balk
- barnstormer
- beat
- blast
- brave
- broadsword
- buffalo
- challenge
- character
- check
- checkmate
- claymore
- coat
- coating
- collop
- confusion
- contra
- converse
- counter
- counterbalance
- countercheck
- countermand
- counterpoint
- counterpoise
- covering
- cross
- curb
- cut
- cutlass
- dash
- daunt
- deal
- defeat
- design
- detail
- discomfiture
- disconcertion
- dish
- disillusion
- disk
- elude
- epee
- falchion
- feeder
- figure
- film
- flake
- flap
- foiling
- fold
- form
- frustration
- hamper
- heavy
- histrion
- ingenue
- inverse
- juvenile
- lamella
- lamina
- lamination
- lap
- layer
- leaf
- membrane
- mime
- mimer
- mimic
- monologist
- motif
- mummer
- obverse
- offset
- opposite
- outreach
- pane
- panel
- pantomime
- pantomimist
- parry
- patina
- pattern
- peel
- pellicle
- plait
- plank
- plate
- plating
- playactor
- player
- ply
- plywood
- rapier
- rasher
- rattle
- rebuff
- reciter
- repulse
- reversal
- reverse
- rout
- ruin
- saber
- sabotage
- scale
- scimitar
- scotch
- scum
- setback
- setoff
- setting
- sheet
- skin
- slab
- slat
- slice
- soubrette
- spike
- spoil
- stooge
- stroller
- stump
- style
- table
- tablet
- tease
- theatrical
- theme
- thespian
- thwart
- thwarting
- touch
- trouper
- tuck
- upset
- veneer
- villain
- vis-a-vis
- wafer
foil (v.)
- actor
- background
- baffle
- balk
- beat
- bilk
- blast
- brave
- buffalo
- challenge
- character
- check
- checkmate
- circumvent
- coat
- collop
- confound
- confront
- contravene
- converse
- counter
- counteract
- counterbalance
- countercheck
- countermand
- counterpoint
- counterpoise
- cross
- curb
- cut
- dash
- daunt
- deal
- deceive
- defeat
- defy
- design
- destroy
- detail
- disappoint
- discomfit
- disconcert
- discountenance
- dish
- disillusion
- disk
- disrupt
- dissatisfy
- elude
- embarrass
- evade
- faze
- figure
- film
- flake
- flap
- flummox
- fold
- form
- frustrate
- hamper
- impede
- lap
- layer
- leaf
- mime
- mimic
- nonplus
- nullify
- offset
- outflank
- outgeneral
- outguess
- outmaneuver
- outplay
- outsmart
- outwit
- overreach
- panel
- pantomime
- parry
- pattern
- peel
- perplex
- plait
- plank
- plate
- ply
- rattle
- rebuff
- repulse
- restrain
- reversal
- reverse
- rout
- ruin
- saber
- sabotage
- scale
- scotch
- scum
- sheet
- skin
- slat
- slice
- spike
- spoil
- stonewall
- stooge
- stump
- style
- table
- tantalize
- tease
- theme
- thwart
- touch
- tuck
- upset
- veneer
- victimize
