Rival

What do we mean by rival?

One who attempts to equal or surpass another, or who pursues the same object as another; a competitor. noun

One that equals or almost equals another in a particular respect. noun

A companion or an associate in a particular duty. noun

To attempt to equal or surpass. intransitive verb

To be the equal of; match. intransitive verb

To be a competitor or rival; compete. intransitive verb

One having a common right or privilege with another; an associate; an alternating partner or companion in duty. noun

One who is in pursuit of the same object as another; one who strives to reach or obtain something which another is attempting to obtain, and which only one can possess; a competitor: as, rivals in love; rivals for a crown. noun

One who emulates or strives to equal or exceed another in excellence; a competitor; an antagonist: as, two rivals in eloquence. noun

Synonyms and See emulation. noun

Having the same pretensions or claims; standing in competition for superiority: as, rival lovers; rival claims or pretensions.

To stand in competition with; seek to gain something in opposition to: as, to rival one in love.

To strive to equal or excel; emulate.

To be a competitor; act as a rival.

A person having a common right or privilege with another; a partner. noun

One who is in pursuit of the same object as another; one striving to reach or obtain something which another is attempting to obtain, and which one only can posses; a competitor noun

To be in rivalry. intransitive verb

Having the same pretensions or claims; standing in competition for superiority adjective

To stand in competition with; to strive to gain some object in opposition to. transitive verb

To strive to equal or exel; to emulate. transitive verb

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.

Someone or something with similar claims of quality or distinction as another.

One having a common right or privilege with another; a partner.

Someone you feel the need to compete against in every aspect of life. someone who is going for the same goal as you. exp:girl/guy, job. Urban Dictionary

Your enemy. The one you live to defeat but for some reason enjoy their existence. They give you purpose in your usually meaningless life. A rival is so important that Sylvester Stallone requested about it. Urban Dictionary

It is a misspelled way of Levi Ackerman's romanticized name Urban Dictionary

Synonym to boyfriend if you are lance mcclain Urban Dictionary

Growing up you had opponents, back when you could break each others bones. Then, opponents became rivals in college. Really rivals and rivalries are for college kids and the ancient Greeks. Urban Dictionary

To have someone deliberately draw the attention of a being of hostility to themself, and then go near their victim (so as to alert said hostile being of your presence). Usually, the offender also pretends to be dead (or completely vanish), in order to disinterest the aforementioned hostile being from them completely leaving their victim in danger. Urban Dictionary

Rivals-Conflict When someone is always against everything you do. A person who loves being on the opposite position against you. someone who constantly disagrees with you. Urban Dictionary

To leave a long-lasting gift to your party host by shitting in their peanut butter. Always followed by casually replacing the jar on the shelf where you found it. Urban Dictionary

Online MMORPG trading card game that supposedly has reached 9 million players last week (we divide by two because let's say the average person has at least 1 alt account, then there's those who have like 3 so, that goes to 3 million, then there's those people that start that game all over again like 5 times so 2.6 millionish...). It's like gamfaqs but at the same time you can be playing a game. Oh and no lionheart to pwn the mods (at least not yet, which is sad because they deserve it). It's basically owned by the french so if you want a good start in the game, you better claim you're french, learn french, join french guilds and beg in said french guilds to get you some good cards. You have to purchase credits only once to unlock infinite (or however many you have) sales in the market, and have your stars shown. Urban Dictionary

It's more than rivalry. It's more than Ash and Gary from Pokemon. It's more than Ryu and Ken from Street Fighter. It's an aggressive clashing of eternal friends in a competition which could nearly destroy the world but because of overusing it, the world is now used to get destroyed everytime so it takes less time to get back to the original form. Top notch rivalry in brutal ultra deluxe. Opponent, competitor or such pussy words can't describe the Überness of this new word. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to rival:
rival, rial, nival, reval, riyal, riva, rivel, rigal, risal, rizal, rivas, rimal, roval, raval.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word rival:
cornered, cpi, factions, multi, rivalry, gang, faction, runners, throne, clan.

Words that rhyme with rival:
revival, survival, arrival, nival, archival, archrival, time of arrival, dr hill, live ill.

Adjectives that are often used to describe rival:
great, formidable, only, chief, serious, dangerous, successful, old, political, powerful, main, potential, nearest, possible, principal, hated, former, greatest, major, commercial, closest, worthy, younger, jealous, ancient, bitter, strong, close, traditional, fortunate, future, friendly, biggest, democratic, time, older, victorious, unsuccessful, strongest, republican, northern, longtime, contemporary, maritime, triumphant, ambitious, happy, unworthy, illustrious, deadly, favoured, famous, generous, sole, stronger, fallen, romantic, unknown, unfortunate.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective rival:
factions, groups, claims, parties, claimants, powers, theories, candidates, companies, schools, company, firms, nations, hypotheses, states, systems, interests, gangs, group, power, party, leaders, forces, organizations, candidate, organization, popes, unions, camps, armies, houses, faction, sects, school, kings, claimant, gang, families, chiefs, theory, firm, explanations, cities, interpretations, views, union, house, governments, tribes, princes, clans, lines, city, paper, hypothesis, males, teams, traders, empires, religions, kingdoms, communities, nation, ideologies, blocs, institutions, ambitions, churches, poet, king, politicians, newspapers, newspaper, conceptions, producers, establishment, generals, institution, claim, towns, team, merits, schemes, societies, products, bands, movements, versions, dynasties, traditions, manufacturers, models, papers.

Consonant match to rival:
reveal, revel, revile, ravel, reveille, reval, rivel, revell, revelle, reville.

Words that sound like rival:
rival, arrival, rivale, revel, ravel, rivel, revil, raval, reville, revelle, reveal, rifle, rivals, revile, rivaled, arrivals, rial, reveille, reval, arriva, revell, rifl, reifel, arriving, riving, reiving, ervil, riceville, travel, royal, rachel, gravel, rachael, raffle, ruffle, shrivel, drivel, riffle, grovel, reveled, riva, rueful, revels, raveled, rova, rigel, reveler, reva, rivalled, riffel, richelle, rachell, royall, reveller, ravelled, ravels, revelled, frivol, rowel, rava, proval, raphel, fravel, revulse, ratchel, reichel, raveler, rivage, rafle, reigel, shrieval, reuel, riveled, reidel, roffel, drevil, richel, ruhle, risal, reichle, refel, shovel, raving, hovel, weevil, revving, roving, havel, cheval, yuval, nival, yeovil, reaving, nivel, wevil, reeving, hevel, heuvel, gravelle, greville.