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Defenition of the word rival

    • Defenition of the word rival

      • A woman who competes with one or more other people.
      • A man who competes with one or more other people.
      • Someone who competes with one or more other people.
      • To be equal to in quality or ability.
      • being in competition; "rival suitors"; "competing businesses"
      • be equal to in quality or ability; "Nothing can rival cotton for durability"
      • be the rival of, be in competition with; "No city can rival Venice in beauty"
      • the contestant you hope to defeat; "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing"
      • be the rival of, be in competition with; "we are rivaling for first place in the race"
      • be equal to in quality or ability; "Nothing can rival cotton for durability"; "Your performance doesn''t even touch that of your colleagues"; "Her persistence and ambition only matches that of her parents"
      • the contestant you hope to defeat
      • be the rival of, be in competition with
      • be equal to in quality or ability

    Synonyms for the word rival

      • challenger
      • competing
      • competition
      • competitor
      • contender
      • equal
      • match
      • opponent
      • touch

    Similar words in the rival

      • competitive
      • competitory

    Hyponyms for the word rival

      • champ
      • champion
      • comer
      • enemy
      • favorite
      • favourite
      • finalist
      • foe
      • front-runner
      • king
      • outrival
      • outvie
      • queen
      • runner-up
      • scratch
      • second best
      • semifinalist
      • street fighter
      • tier
      • tilter
      • title-holder
      • world-beater

    Hypernyms for the word rival

      • compete
      • contend
      • contestant
      • vie

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