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| 1. | [ adjective ] being in competition | |
| Synonyms: | competing | |
| Examples: | "rival suitors" "competing businesses" |
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| Related terms: | competitive | |
| 2. | [ verb ] be equal to in quality or ability; | |
| Synonyms: | match touch equal | |
| Examples: | "Nothing can rival cotton for durability" "Your performance doesn't even touch that of your colleagues" "Her persistence and ambition only matches that of her parents" |
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| Related terms: | compete equal peer | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (games) the contestant you hope to defeat | |
| Synonyms: | competitor contender competition challenger | |
| Examples: | "he had respect for his rivals" "he wanted to know what the competition was doing" |
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| Related terms: | contestant champion runner-up foe comer king street_fighter semifinalist front-runner tier finalist tilter compete | |
| 4. | [ verb ] be the rival of, be in competition with | |
| Examples: | "No city can rival Venice in beauty" |
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| Related terms: | compete outrival | |
| Similar spelling: |
rifle ripple Ripley ripely Riffle Ribble Rippel Riopel Riffel Riebel |
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