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rival

Definition

  • noun: a person or thing that tries to defeat or be more successful than another
  • noun: one of two or more striving to reach or obtain something that only one can possess
  • verb: to be as good or almost as good as (someone or something)
  • verb: to act as a rival
  • often used before another noun
  • synonyms: compete, emulator, antagonist

Examples

  • The company's latest cell phone has no 'rival/rivals'. [=the company's newest cell phone is much better than all others available]

  • The company's paper is the 'rival' of any in the world. [=it is as good as any paper in the world]

  • He told a 'rival' version of the story. [=a version that disagrees with another version]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) I'm talking about love, and you're talking about your appetite. Easily confused. Now, do you know, um, Count Vronsky? Who? No. Why? He's your rival. He turned up from Petersburg after you left. Who is he? Oh, you don't need to worry about him. He's... He's just... (..)
    2012 Anna Karenina