rival
the contestant you hope to defeat (Freq. 1)
- he had respect for his rivals
- he wanted to know what the competition was doing
• Syn:
challenger, competitor, competition, contender
• Derivationally related forms:
contend (for: contender), compete (for: competitor), challenge (for: challenger), rivalrous
• Hypernyms:
contestant
• Hyponyms:
champion, champ, title-holder, comer, finalist,
foe, enemy, front-runner, favorite, favourite, king,
queen, world-beater, runner-up, second best, scratch, semifinalist,
street fighter, tier, tilter
1. be equal to in quality or ability (Freq. 4)
- 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
• Syn:
equal, touch, match
• Derivationally related forms:
match (for: match), equal (for: equal)
• Hypernyms:
compete, vie, contend
• Verb Group:
equal, match, equalize, equalise, equate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
2. be the rival of, be in competition with
- we are rivaling for first place in the race
• Derivationally related forms:
rivalry
• Hypernyms:
compete, vie, contend
• Hyponyms:
outrival, outvie
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
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