- pronunciation:
- raI
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- parts of speech:
- noun, adjective, verb
- features:
- Word History
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
A rival is someone you are competing with. You and your rival or rivals are trying to get the same thing, but only one of you can get it.
These two chess players have been rivals for years.
- synonyms:
- competitor, opposition
- similar words:
- match
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| related words: |
opponent, opposition |
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition: |
A rival group is a group that you are in competition with.
Our team is very strong, but the rival team might be even stronger.The company lost a lot of its business to a rival company that had more modern equipment.- synonyms:
- competing
- similar words:
- opposing
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
rivals, rivaling, rivaled |
| definition 1: |
When one group rivals another group, they try to win against it.
The two teams will rival each other tonight at the stadium.- synonyms:
- fight
- similar words:
- battle, challenge, combat, contest, oppose
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| definition 2: |
When something rivals another thing, it is just as good as it.
Nothing rivals my mom's chocolate cake.- synonyms:
- equal, match
- similar words:
- approach, parallel, touch
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Rival comes from
rivus, a Latin word that means "stream."
Rivalus, the Latin word for "rival," originally meant "a person who uses the same stream as another."