What is another word for rival?
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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#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?
The results of this study lend support to oral histories and other archaeological work on Kosrae suggesting an earlier construction, occupation and use of Leluh, it also better supports Leluh's place in the region, not only as a rival to Nan Madol on Pohnpei, but also as a hub of political and economic activity throughout this part of the Pacific.
Israel Police Superintendent Micky Rosenfeld:
The attack, one of the deadliest in an eight-month wave of violence, took place around 10 p.m. local time in an upscale area of cafes and restaurants near the central military headquarters and Defense Ministry compound. A Fox News producer in Jerusalem confirmed five others were wounded in the attack and in severe condition. The two attackers were described to Fox News as Palestinian cousins from Yata in the Hebron area of the West Bank who were known to Israeli authorities. The gunmen disguised themselves as Orthodox Jews, a law enforcement source told Fox News. Hamas, the Islamic militant group that rules Gaza, welcomed the attack and claimed the shooters as members of the organization. Hamas official Mushir al-Masri called the shootings a heroic operation and the group later issued an official statement promising the Zionists more surprises during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The Times of Israel reported that Fatah, Hamas' rival, issued a statement on Twitter saying Israel was reaping the repercussions of choosing violence against the Palestinian people. The Israeli newspaper Haaretz, citing Palestinian media, reported early Thursday that Israeli military forces had surrounded Yatta and were preparing to carry out arrests and interrogate family members of the attacks. Whatever action has to be taken will be taken based on the security assessments that will be carried out and implemented both tonight as well as tomorrow morning.
We know from our monitoring there's been a steady increase in the numbers over the last few months. The most recent figures show at least one rival appears in about one-third of new shopping boxes as compared to 15 percent of the shopping boxes back in March, similarly the share of clicks of products of rivals in Google shopping boxes also increased from 2.5 percent in February to 6.1 percent now. It's still too early to draw conclusions. We will continue our active monitoring and talk to market participants.
Before making any judgments, I want to know the facts of what occurred between the President and Ukraine, i share Sen. (Mitt) Romney's view that If the President used his position to pressure a foreign power to dig up dirt on a rival for his own personal gain, it would be deeply troubling. I believe it would be a betrayal of the loyalty owed to our country and the Constitution.
President Obama, for President Obama part, mostly has steered clear of taking shots at President Obama successor. But an avalanche of criticism on Monday about alleged Russian interference in the presidential election, mostly from Democratic leaders, gave way to an extended critique from Earnest during the White House press briefing. Speaking later with Trevor Noah, President Obama echoed Earnest in noting that Donald Trump had joked the Russians should hack Democratic rival Hillary Clinton’s secret email server to recover tens of thousands of emails she had deleted prior to an FBI investigation. The President-elect in some of Trevor Noah political events specifically said to the Russians, hack Hillary's emails so we can finally find out what's going on and confirm our conspiracy theories.
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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