Nouns (5)
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rival, challenger, competitor, competition, contender
n. the contestant you hope to defeat; "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing"
Verbs (5)
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rival
v. be the rival of, be in competition with; "we are rivaling for first place in the race"
equal, touch, rival, match
v. be equal to in quality or ability; "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"
Adverbs (0)
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Adjectives (2)
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rival, competing
adj. being in competition; "competing businesses"
Fuzzynyms (72)
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enemy, foe, foeman, opposition
n. an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force); "a soldier must be prepared to kill his enemies"
antagonist
n. a drug that neutralizes or counteracts the effects of another drug
enemy
n. any hostile group of people; "he viewed lawyers as the real enemy"
dissenter, dissident, protester, objector, contestant
n. a person who dissents from some established policy
attacker, aggressor, assailant, assaulter
n. someone who attacks
candidate, prospect
n. someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.)
aspirant, aspirer, hopeful, wannabe, wannabee
n. an ambitious and aspiring young person; "a lofty aspirant"; "two executive hopefuls joined the firm"; "the audience was full of Madonna wannabes"
campaigner, candidate, nominee
n. a politician who is running for public office
scourge, curse, affliction, bane, nemesis
n. something causes misery or death; "the bane of my life"
sport, sportsman, sportswoman
n. someone who engages in sports
enemy, foe, foeman, opposition
n. an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force); "a soldier must be prepared to kill his enemies"
surpass, outstrip, outmatch, outgo, exceed, outdo, surmount, outperform
v. be or do something to a greater degree; "her performance surpasses that of any other student I know"; "She outdoes all other athletes"; "This exceeds all my expectations"; "This car outperforms all others in its class"
outdo, outflank, trump, best, scoop
v. get the better of; "the goal was to best the competition"
meet, encounter, play, take on
v. contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle; "Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to play Mary"
weather, endure, brave, brave out
v. face and withstand with courage; "She braved the elements"
get
v. overcome or destroy; "The ice storm got my hibiscus"; "the cat got the goldfish"
surpass, outstrip, outmatch, outgo, exceed, outdo, surmount, outperform
v. be or do something to a greater degree; "her performance surpasses that of any other student I know"; "She outdoes all other athletes"; "This exceeds all my expectations"; "This car outperforms all others in its class"
outdo, outflank, trump, best, scoop
v. get the better of; "the goal was to best the competition"
Synonyms (3)
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argumentative
adj. given to or characterized by argument; "an argumentative discourse"; "argumentative to the point of being cantankerous"; "an intelligent but argumentative child"
emulous, rivalrous
adj. eager to surpass others
Antonyms (1)
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Confederate
n. a supporter of the Confederate States of America
rival
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