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Synonyms for rival
ˈraɪ vəlri·val
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
rival
An enemy in private life is one who is moved by hostile feeling with active disposition to injure; but in military language all who fight on the opposite side are called enemies or collectively "the enemy," where no personal animosity may be implied; foe, which is rather a poetical and literary word, implies intensely hostile spirit and purpose. An antagonist is one who opposes and is opposed actively and with intensity of effort; an opponent, one in whom the attitude of resistance is the more prominent; a competitor, one who seeks the same object for which another is striving; antagonists in wrestling, competitors in business, opponents in debate may contend with no personal ill will; rivals in love, ambition, etc., rarely avoid inimical feeling. Adversary was formerly much used in the general sense of antagonist or opponent, but is now less common, and largely restricted to the hostile sense; an adversary is ordinarily one who not only opposes another in fact, but does so with hostile spirit, or perhaps out of pure malignity; as, the great Adversary. Compare synonyms for AMBITION.
Synonyms:
adversary, antagonist, competitor, enemy, foe, opponentAntonyms:
abettor, accessory, accomplice, ally, friend, helper, supporterPreposition:
He was the enemy of my friend in the contest.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
rival, challenger, competitor, competition, contenderverb
the contestant you hope to defeat
"he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing"
Synonyms:
competition, competitor, contender, contention, rivalry, challenger, contestequal, touch, rival, matchverb
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"
Synonyms:
adjoin, touch, pit, have-to doe with, play off, pertain, couple, match, concern, fit, stir, tinge, refer, meet, equalize, twin, agree, be, gibe, oppose, tally, equalise, affect, pair, jibe, cope with, equate, relate, touch on, equal, tinct, bear on, allude, bear upon, reach, contact, correspond, come to, advert, impact, partake, extend to, mate, disturb, tint, checkrivalverb
be the rival of, be in competition with
"we are rivaling for first place in the race"
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
rivalnoun
Synonyms:
competitor, antagonist, opponent, rival candidaterivaladjective
rivalverb
Synonyms:
oppose, compete with, contend withrivalverb
Synonyms:
emulate, try to equal or excelrivalverb
Synonyms:
match, equal, be equal to
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
rivaladjective
Synonyms:
competing, competitive, emulativerivalnoun
Synonyms:
competitor, emulator, antagonistrivalverb
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "rival":
competitor, competing, challenger, opponent, competition, contender, rivals, hostile, conflicting, compete, adversary
Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD
Rival
Synonyms:
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#19 | be | |
#69 | contact | |
#272 | check | |
#859 | meet | |
#1336 | impact | |
#1536 | match | |
#1734 | agree | |
#1883 | couple | |
#1931 | fit | |
#2078 | competition | |
#2185 | challenge | |
#2192 | touch | |
#2254 | reach | |
#2309 | equal | |
#2884 | refer | |
#2978 | pair | |
#3115 | concern | |
#3140 | affect | |
#3575 | contest | |
#3663 | twin | |
#4784 | enemy | |
#6294 | mate | |
#6554 | compete | |
#6843 | relate | |
#6977 | pit | |
#8346 | competing | |
#9071 | opponent | |
#9541 | advert | |
#10284 | stir | |
#11080 | rival | |
#11336 | strive | |
#11919 | correspond | |
#12170 | hostile | |
#12242 | oppose | |
#12862 | competitor | |
#14728 | rivals | |
#15258 | conflicting | |
#15577 | challenger | |
#17032 | contention | |
#18615 | tally | |
#20325 | contend | |
#20381 | foe | |
#23336 | disturb | |
#23458 | rivalry | |
#24833 | adversary | |
#25149 | contender | |
#25431 | tint | |
#25599 | emulate | |
#27042 | pertain | |
#27459 | antagonist | |
#32467 | equate | |
#38277 | partake | |
#61118 | equalize | |
#62776 | tinge | |
#75845 | allude | |
#85364 | jibe | |
#120495 | adjoin | |
#157471 | equalise | |
#170879 | tinct | |
#213898 | gibe |
How to use rival in a sentence?
There might be something in the Activision portfolio, that by denying it to a rival gaming platform, Microsoft could cripple that rival platform.
I highly recommend the Aeropress due to its compact size and easy cleanup, it not only produces a delicious cup of coffee that can rival any coffee shop, but when combined with a hand-held grinder, you can have freshly ground coffee wherever you are.
They know that acid can be very damaging and very destructive and they are in many ways seeking to mark their victim with an act of dominance or a mark of control, demonstrating their power and their ability to get to you at any time. They call( acid)' torture in a bottle' and they want to be able to take their rival out of the game.
Her nomination indicates the unity of the KMT, closing the gap between her and the DPP( Democratic Progressive Party) rival, hung embraces the.
Being in a couple with a gang member may give the girl and her family some level of protection from one gang, but may leave them more vulnerable to rival gangs.
Translations for rival
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- منافسArabic
- съперница, противник, противница, съперникBulgarian
- rivalCatalan, Valencian
- sok, rival, soupeřCzech
- Rivale, Konkurrent, GegnerGerman
- αντίπαλος, ανταγωνιστής, ανταγωνίζομαι, παραβγαίνωGreek
- rivaloEsperanto
- rivalSpanish
- رقیبPersian
- kilpailija, kilpaillaFinnish
- rivaliser, rivalFrench
- vetélytárs, rivális, rivalizál, versengHungarian
- musun, penentang, lawanIndonesian
- rivale, competitore, competere, pari, rivaleggiare, avversario, antagonistaItalian
- ライバル, 敵Japanese
- რაყიფი, მეტოქეGeorgian
- aemulumLatin
- taumāhekehekeMāori
- tegenstander, vijand, rivaal, concurentDutch
- rival, competidor, adversárioPortuguese
- rivalRomanian
- конкурировать, конкурент, соперничать, противница, соперница, соперник, противник, конкурентка, равныйRussian
- eş, denk, emsal, benzer, rakipTurkish
- 对手Chinese
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