rival in English

noun

1

a person or thing competing with another for the same objective or for superiority in the same field of activity.

he has no serious rival for the job

synonyms: opponent, challenger, competitor, contender, adversary, antagonist, enemy, frenemy, foe

verb

1

compete for superiority with; be or seem to be equal or comparable to.

the efficiency of the Bavarians rivals that of the Viennese

synonyms: match, compare with, compete with, vie with, equal, measure up to, be in the same league as, be on a par with, touch, challenge, hold a candle to

adjective

• competing, opposing, contending

noun

• opponent, challenger, competitor, contender, adversary, antagonist, enemy, frenemy, foe
• equal, match, peer, equivalent, counterpart, like
• contender, challenger, competition, competitor

verb

• match, compare with, compete with, vie with, equal, measure up to, be in the same league as, be on a par with, touch, challenge, hold a candle to
• touch, equal, match

Use "rival" in a sentence

1. He beat his rival.

2. The rival is out-maneuvered.

3. House Lannister has no rival.

4. He exulted over his rival.

5. TAnzanite's rich hues rival sapphire's beauty

6. He is, in effect, my rival.

7. Rival elements from the trafficking world.

8. Gangs killing rival gangs I guess?

9. Be smarter, quicker, Brainier than your rival

10. half a second ahead of his rival.

11. Aeschines definition, Athenian orator: rival of Demosthenes

12. Rival salesmen were poaching on his territory.

13. They often clash violently with rival gangs.

14. But overnight a jealous rival defaces it.

15. The meritocratic corpocracy absorbs rival power bases.

16. The mobster threatened a rival crime boss.

17. Rival drug gang taking out the mastermind?

18. A shrewd man turns rival to valued ally.

19. No one could rival him in this respect.

20. No king allows a rival to his throne.

21. From intrastate rival Iowa State was Scott Coleman.

22. The man swings cock to rival Jupiter himself.

23. Lucia hired an assassin to eliminate her rival.

24. The boxer whaled his rival 3 to 0.

25. He approached his rival with fear and loathing.

26. She competed with her rival for a prize.

27. A rival firm poached our best computer programmers.

28. She meets her old rival, Miss Le Moignan.

29. Its chief rival was the tribe of Ephraim.

30. Everyone except their fierce Korean rival , LG Electronics .

31. Hannah knew how her rival wife would act.

32. Police segregated the two rival camps of protesters.

33. She hired an assassin to eliminate her rival.

34. Rioting broke out between rival groups of fans.

35. The rival candidates' lawyers filed briefs last weekend.

36. The terms Rival and Competitor are actually synonymous

37. Bari condemn ultras who torched rival fans' bus

38. The rival companies tried to outsell one another.

39. The rival parties libeled each other during the election.

40. Scuffles broke out between rival supporters during the match.

41. The voters bumped the senator and elected his rival.

42. Argentine wheat planting facing pressure from rival barley, politics

43. Her naked skin, a canvas to rival Van Gogh's!

44. 18 She scored a resounding triumph over her rival.

45. The rival political parties are already jockeying for power.

46. He beat his closest/nearest rival by 20 marks.

47. People were sent out to snoop on rival businesses.

48. 12 It must be tempting to nobble a rival.

49. 8 Satan set himself up as a rival ruler.

50. Now how are we to adjudicate among rival ontologies?