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   rival

   /ˈrʌɪvl/

   noun

   • 1. a person or thing competing with another for the same objective or for superiority in the same field of activity: "he has no serious rival for the job" Similar competitoropponentcontestantcontenderchallengeradversaryantagonistenemyfoenemesisrare:corrivalvierOpposite partnerally
   • ▪ a person or thing that equals another in quality: "she has no rivals as a female rock singer" Similar equalmatchpeerequivalentfellowcounterpartlikerare:compeer

   verb

   • 1. be or seem to be equal or comparable to: "he was a photographer whose fame rivalled that of his subjects"

   Word Origin late 16th century: from Latin rivalis, originally in the sense ‘person using the same stream as another’, from rivus ‘stream’.

   Scrabble Points: 8

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