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- [rahy-vuh l]
- /ˈraɪ vəl/
- /ˈraɪvl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [rahy-vuh l]
- /ˈraɪ vəl/
Definitions of rival word
- noun rival a person who is competing for the same object or goal as another, or who tries to equal or outdo another; competitor. 1
- noun rival a person or thing that is in a position to dispute another's preeminence or superiority: a stadium without a rival. 1
- noun rival Obsolete. a companion in duty. 1
- adjective rival competing or standing in rivalry: rival suitors; rival businesses. 1
- verb with object rival to compete with in rivalry: strive to win from, equal, or outdo. 1
- verb with object rival to prove to be a worthy rival of: He soon rivaled the others in skill. 1
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Origin of rival
First appearance:
before 1570 One of the 33% oldest English words
1570-80; < Latin rīvālis orig., one who uses a stream in common with another, equivalent to rīv(us) stream + -ālis -al1
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Parts of speech for Rival
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
rival popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
rival usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for rival
noun rival
- adversary — Your adversary is someone you are competing with, or arguing or fighting against.
- antagonist — Your antagonist is your opponent or enemy.
- anti — You can refer to people who are opposed to a particular activity or idea as antis.
- asperser — to attack with false, malicious, and damaging charges or insinuations; slander.
- backbiter — to attack the character or reputation of (a person who is not present).
adj rival
- against the grain — contrary to one's feelings, nature, wishes, etc.; irritating or displeasing
- anti-thetical — of the nature of or involving antithesis.
- at cross purposes — an opposing or contrary purpose.
- at odds — If someone is at odds with someone else, or if two people are at odds, they are disagreeing or quarrelling with each other.
- competitive — Competitive is used to describe situations or activities in which people or firms compete with each other.
verb rival
- altercate — to argue, esp heatedly; dispute
- amount — The amount of something is how much there is, or how much you have, need, or get.
- bandied — to pass from one to another or back and forth; give and take; trade; exchange: to bandy blows; to bandy words.
- bandying — to pass from one to another or back and forth; give and take; trade; exchange: to bandy blows; to bandy words.
- bracketed — a support, as of metal or wood, projecting from a wall or the like to hold or bear the weight of a shelf, part of a cornice, etc.
adjective rival
- battling — a hostile encounter or engagement between opposing military forces: the battle of Waterloo.
- combatant — A combatant is a person, group, or country that takes part in the fighting in a war.
- combating — to fight or contend against; oppose vigorously: to combat crime.
- competing — Competing ideas, requirements, or interests cannot all be right or satisfied at the same time.
- contending — competing; opposed
Antonyms for rival
noun rival
- amigo — a friend; comrade
- bosom buddy — close friend
- clubber — A clubber is someone who regularly goes to nightclubs.
- co-worker — Your co-workers are the people you work with, especially people on the same job or project as you.
- cobber — a friend; mate: used as a term of address to males
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