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Exact Match:

rival

the contestant you hope to defeat; "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing"

be the rival of, be in competition with; "we are rivaling for first place in the race"

Synonyms:

• admit of comparison,
• adversary,
• adversative,
• adverse,
• alien,
• amount to,
• antagonist,
• antagonistic,
• antagonize,
• anti,
• antipathetic,
• antithetic,
• approach,
• attempt,
• balance,
• battle,
• battler,
• be commensurable,
• be comparable,
• beat against,
• beat up against,
• belligerent,
• belted knight,
• bickerer,
• blade,
• bravo,
• brawler,
• break even,
• breast the wave,
• buck,
• buffet,
• buffet the waves,
• bully,
• bullyboy,
• challenge,
• challenge comparison,
• clashing,
• close with,
• coequal,
• combat,
• combatant,
• come to,
• come up to,
• compare,
• compare to,
• compare with,
• compeer,
• compete,
• compete with,
• competing,
• competition,
• competitive,
• competitor,
• con,
• conflicting,
• contend,
• contend against,
• contend with,
• contender,
• contest,
• contestant,
• contradictory,
• contrary,
• cope,
• correspond,
• correspond to,
• corrival,
• counter,
• counterpart,
• cross,
• cutthroat,
• disaccordant,
• disputant,
• dissentient,
• ditto,
• draw,
• duelist,
• emulate,
• emulator,
• emulous,
• enemy,
• enforcer,
• entrant,
• equal,
• equipollent,
• equivalent,
• even,
• even off,
• fellow,
• fencer,
• feuder,
• fight,
• fight against,
• fighter,
• fighting cock,
• foilsman,
• fractious,
• gamecock,
• gladiator,
• goon,
• gorilla,
• grapple with,
• hatchet man,
• hood,
• hoodlum,
• hooligan,
• hostile,
• in competition,
• in rivalry,
• inimical,
• jockey,
• join battle with,
• jouster,
• keep pace with,
• knight,
• knot,
• labor against,
• like,
• match,
• match up with,
• mate,
• measure up,
• measure up to,
• meet,
• militant,
• militate against,
• negative,
• noncooperative,
• not compare with,
• obstinate,
• offer resistance,
• opponent,
• oppose,
• opposed,
• opposing,
• opposite,
• opposite number,
• opposition,
• oppositional,
• oppositive,
• oppugnant,
• outvie,
• overthwart,
• parallel,
• partake of,
• peer,
• perverse,
• player,
• plug-ugly,
• quarreler,
• reach,
• recalcitrant,
• refractory,
• reluct,
• reluctate,
• repugnant,
• resemble,
• rioter,
• rivaling,
• rough,
• rowdy,
• ruffian,
• run abreast,
• run to,
• sabreur,
• scrapper,
• scuffler,
• squabbler,
• stack up with,
• stem the tide,
• strive,
• strive against,
• strong arm,
• strong-arm man,
• strong-armer,
• struggle,
• struggle against,
• struggle with,
• struggler,
• swashbuckler,
• sword,
• swordplayer,
• swordsman,
• take on,
• test one another,
• the field,
• thug,
• tie,
• tilter,
• touch,
• tough,
• try,
• tussler,
• twin,
• uncooperative,
• unfavorable,
• unfriendly,
• unpropitious,
• vie,
• vie with,
• vier,
• vying,
• wrangler