# agon

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈæ.ɡəʊn/ · frequency rank #82,026

## Definitions
1. A struggle or contest; conflict; especially between the protagonist and antagonist in a literary work.
2. An intellectual conflict or apparent competition of ideas.
3. A contest in ancient Greece, as in athletics or music, in which prizes were awarded.
4. A two-player board game played on a hexagonally-tiled board, popular in Victorian times.

## Etymology
From Latin agōn, from Ancient Greek ἀγών (agṓn, “contest”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/agon