All rival synonyms
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R r noun rival
- fighter β a boxer; pugilist.
- backbiter β to attack the character or reputation of (a person who is not present).
- co-equals β equal with another or each other in rank, ability, extent, etc.: The two top students were coequal.
- opponent β a person who is on an opposing side in a game, contest, controversy, or the like; adversary.
- jouster β A person who jousts.
- lookalike β a person or thing that looks like or closely resembles another; double.
- countertype β an opposite type
- entrant β A person or group that enters, joins, or takes part in something.
- belligerents β warlike; given to waging war.
- litigant β a person engaged in a lawsuit.
- oppugnant β opposing; antagonistic; contrary.
- asperser β to attack with false, malicious, and damaging charges or insinuations; slander.
- incomer β a person who comes in.
- competitor β A company's competitors are companies who are trying to sell similar goods or services to the same people.
- anti β You can refer to people who are opposed to a particular activity or idea as antis.
- warlord β a military leader, especially of a warlike nation.
- bidder β A bidder is someone who offers to pay a certain amount of money for something that is being sold. If you sell something to the highest bidder, you sell it to the person who offers the most money for it.
- bruiser β A bruiser is someone who is tough, strong, and aggressive, and enjoys a fight or argument.
- oppugner β Someone who oppugns; an opponent.
- contestant β A contestant in a competition or quiz is a person who takes part in it.
- emulator β A person or thing that emulates.
- contester β a race, conflict, or other competition between rivals, as for a prize.
- disputant β a person who disputes; debater.
- match β a person or thing that equals or resembles another in some respect.
verb rival
- hold on β to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- outvie β to strive in competition or rivalry with another; contend for superiority: Swimmers from many nations were vying for the title.
- compare β When you compare things, you consider them and discover the differences or similarities between them.
- democratize β If a country or a system is democratized, it is made democratic.
- jousting β a combat in which two knights on horseback attempted to unhorse each other with blunted lances.
- bracketed β 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.
- compete β If you compete in a contest or a game, you take part in it.
- bandied β to pass from one to another or back and forth; give and take; trade; exchange: to bandy blows; to bandy words.
- deadlocked β If a dispute or series of negotiations is deadlocked, no agreement can be reached because neither side will give in at all. You can also say that the people involved are deadlocked.
- lay a finger on β to harm
- emulate β Match or surpass (a person or achievement), typically by imitation.
- bracketing β a set of brackets
- amount β The amount of something is how much there is, or how much you have, need, or get.
- equiponderate β To counterbalance.
- go for broke β a simple past tense of break.
adjective rival
- contending β competing; opposed
- contesting β a race, conflict, or other competition between rivals, as for a prize.
- combatant β A combatant is a person, group, or country that takes part in the fighting in a war.
- battling β a hostile encounter or engagement between opposing military forces: the battle of Waterloo.
- combating β to fight or contend against; oppose vigorously: to combat crime.
- emulating β Present participle of emulate.
- disputing β to engage in argument or debate.
- obstructive β to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass: Debris obstructed the road.
adj rival
- anti-thetical β of the nature of or involving antithesis.
- competitive β Competitive is used to describe situations or activities in which people or firms compete with each other.
- dog eat dog β marked by destructive or ruthless competition; without self-restraint, ethics, etc.: It's a dog-eat-dog industry.