Synonyms for rivalry
ˈraɪ vəl riri·val·ry

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1. rivalry

   Aspiration is the desire for excellence, pure and simple. Ambition, literally a going around to solicit votes, has primary reference to the award or approval of others, and is the eager desire of power, fame, or something deemed great and eminent, and viewed as a worthy prize. The prizes of aspiration are virtue, nobility, skill, or other high qualities. The prizes of ambition are advancement, fame, honor, and the like. There is a noble and wise or an ignoble, selfish, and harmful ambition. Emulation is not so much to win any excellence or success for itself as to equal or surpass other persons. There is such a thing as a noble emulation, when those we would equal or surpass are noble, and the means we would use worthy. But, at the highest, emulation is inferior as a motive to aspiration, which seeks the high quality or character for its own sake, not with reference to another. Competition is the striving for something that is sought by another at the same time. Emulation regards the abstract, competition the concrete; rivalry is the same in essential meaning with competition, but differs in the nature of the objects contested for, which, in the case of rivalry, are usually of the nobler sort and less subject to direct gaging, measurement, and rule. We speak of competition in business, emulation in scholarship, rivalry in love, politics, etc.; emulation of excellence, success, achievement; competition for a prize; rivalry between persons or nations. Competition may be friendly, rivalry is commonly hostile. Opposition is becoming a frequent substitute for competition in business language; it implies that the competitor is an opponent and hinderer.

   Synonyms:
   ambition, aspiration, competition, emulation, opposition

   Antonyms:
   carelessness, contentment, humility, indifference, satisfaction

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1. competition, contention, rivalrynoun

   the act of competing as for profit or a prize

   "the teams were in fierce contention for first place"

   Synonyms:
   rival, contestation, competitor, disceptation, competition, disputation, contender, argument, arguing, contention, challenger, contest, tilt, controversy

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1. • Group Action

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1. rivalrynoun

   Synonyms:
   competition, emulation, contention, RIVALSHIP

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1. rivalrynoun

   Synonyms:
   competition, emulation, contention

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1. List of paraphrases for "rivalry":

   competition, infighting

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1. Webb Simpson:

   I think they’ve got a rivalry now, and I think it’s good for the game in the sense of rivals, i think them kind of being open and honest is good in a way because we know kind of what they think.

2. Rafa Nadal:

   It will be a very important loss for us, for the world of tennis, for the tour, for the fans, even for the rivals. that he has been part of a great rivalry between the. best players for a long time, and a great competitor, but that's life. Seems like he has not (had) a very long career because today players are playing that long.

3. Tom Johnston:

   I have to say, everybody is really putting in all effort, i ’m proud to be part of it. The vibe in the rehearsal studio and on the road is neither fraught with rivalry nor overly professional.

4. Greg Vlosich:

   It takes two to have a rivalry, that's probably not going to sit well with people, but to me you've got to win your share.

5. Ali Akbar Velayati:

   In the energy sector, Iran and Russia should feel no rivalry and must cooperate with each other, our position is that such countries like Iran, Russia, Venezuela and Iraq ... should have more contacts and consultations on the energy market.