rival
A competitor (person, team, company, etc.) with the same goal as another, or striving to attain the same thing. Defeating a rival may be a primary or necessary goal of a competitor.
Noun 2 meanings
A competitor (person, team, company, etc.) with the same goal as another, or striving to attain the same thing. Defeating a rival may be a primary or necessary goal of a competitor.
“Chris is my biggest rival in the 400-metre race.”
Someone or something with similar claims of quality or distinction as another.
“As a social historian, he has no rival.”
Adjective 1 meaning
Having the same pretensions or claims; standing in competition for superiority.
“rival claims or pretensions”
Verb 3 meanings
To oppose or compete with.
“to rival somebody in love”
To be equal to, or match, or to surpass another.
To strive to equal or excel; to emulate.
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin rīvālis (literally “person using the same stream as another”). By surface analysis, Latin rīvus + -al.
RIVAL at a glance
RIVAL has 5 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (R 1 + I 1 + V 4 + A 1 + L 1) and 10 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,263 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with rival
All rhymes- FESTIVAL14
- APPROVAL15
- ARRIVAL10
- SURVIVAL14
- REMOVAL12
- NAVAL8
- MEDIEVAL14
- OVAL7
- REVIVAL13
- CARNIVAL13
- INTERVAL11
- RETRIEVAL12
One letter away
- RIVAS8
- RIYAL8
- NIVAL8
- RIVEL8
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