All rivalry synonyms

noun rivalry

• concours — a contest, esp the concours d'élégance
• horse race — a contest of speed among horses that either are ridden by jockeys or pull sulkies and their drivers.
• feud — fee (def 4).
• warfare — the process of military struggle between two nations or groups of nations; war.
• impedance — Electricity. the total opposition to alternating current by an electric circuit, equal to the square root of the sum of the squares of the resistance and reactance of the circuit and usually expressed in ohms. Symbol: Z.
• oppugnancy — opposing; antagonistic; contrary.
• cold war — The Cold War was the period of hostility and tension between the Soviet bloc and the Western powers that followed the Second World War.
• competition — Competition is a situation in which two or more people or groups are trying to get something which not everyone can have.
• emulation — The endeavor or desire to equal or excel someone else in qualities or actions.
• dog eat dog — marked by destructive or ruthless competition; without self-restraint, ethics, etc.: It's a dog-eat-dog industry.
• contestation — the act of contesting; conflict
• contest — A contest is a competition or game in which people try to win.
• obstructiveness — The characteristic of being obstructive.
• negativism — a negative or pessimistic attitude.
• match — a person or thing that equals or resembles another in some respect.
• war — a conflict carried on by force of arms, as between nations or between parties within a nation; warfare, as by land, sea, or air.
• matchup — a pairing or combining; linkage: a match-up of federal funds with state aid.
• conflict — Conflict is serious disagreement and argument about something important. If two people or groups are in conflict, they have had a serious disagreement or argument and have not yet reached agreement.
• antinomy — opposition of one law, principle, or rule to another; contradiction within a law
• invidiousness — (rare) Malevolent provocation of dislike or resentment; the state or quality of being invidious.
• dogfight — a violent fight between dogs.
• bone to pick — (usually with with) An item of disagreement to complain about or resolve.
• do or die — reflecting or characterized by an irrevocable decision to succeed at all costs; desperate; all-out: a do-or-die attempt to halt the invaders.
• opposition — the action of opposing, resisting, or combating.
• envy — A feeling of discontented or resentful longing aroused by someone else's possessions, qualities, or luck.
• grudgingness — The state or quality of grudging.
• fight — a battle or combat.
• antagonism — Antagonism between people is hatred or dislike between them. Antagonisms are instances of this.
• factionalism — of a faction or factions.
• friction — surface resistance to relative motion, as of a body sliding or rolling.
• race — Cape, a cape at the SE extremity of Newfoundland.
• counterinsurgency — action taken by a government to counter the activities of rebels, guerrillas, etc
• contention — Someone's contention is the idea or opinion that they are expressing in an argument or discussion.