Definition of rival

"rival" in the noun sense

1. rival, challenger, competitor, competition, contender

the contestant you hope to defeat

"he had respect for his rivals"

"he wanted to know what the competition was doing"

"rival" in the verb sense

1. equal, touch, rival, match

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"

2. rival

be the rival of, be in competition with

"we are rivaling for first place in the race"

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Quotations for rival

Bear patiently with a rival. [ Ovid ]

A rival and imitator of his studies and labours. [ Cicero ]

I press my rival to my heart, but it is to smother him. [ Corneille ]

Do you wish a portrait that is not flattered? Ask a woman to make one of her rival. [ De Propriac ]

The hardest trial of the heart is, whether it can bear a rival's failure without triumph. [ J. Aikin ]

Friendship that possesses the whole soul, and there rules and sways with an absolute sovereignty, can admit of no rival. [ Montaigne ]

It is by bribing, not so often by being bribed, that wicked politicians bring ruin on mankind. Avarice is a rival to the pursuits of many. [ Burke ]

God creates out of the dry, dull earth so many flowers of such beautiful colors, and such sweet perfume, such as no painter nor apothecary can rival. From the common ground God is ever bringing forth flowers, golden, crimson, blue, brown, and of all colors. [ M. Luther ]

If the eye were so acute as to rival the finest microscope, and to discern the smallest hair upon the leg of a gnat, it would be a curse, and not a blessing to us; it would make all things appear rugged and deformed; the most finely polished crystal would be uneven and rough; the sight of our own selves would affright us; the smoothest skin would be beset all over with rugged scales and bristly hair. [ Bentley ]

When I look upon the tombs of the great, every motion of envy dies; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire forsake me: when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion; when I see the tombs of the parents themselves, I reflect how vain it is to grieve for those whom we must quickly follow; when I see kings lying beside those who deposed them, when I behold rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men who divided the world with their contests and disputes, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the frivolous competitions, factions, and debates of mankind. [ Addison ]

rival in Scrabble®

The word rival is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 8

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters rival:

VIRAL
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rival in Words With Friends™

The word rival is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 10

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters rival:

VIRAL
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Words within the letters of rival

2 letter words in rival (3 words)

3 letter words in rival (3 words)

4 letter words in rival (8 words)

5 letter words in rival (Anagrams) (2 words)

rival + 1 blank (1 word)

Word Growth involving rival

Shorter words in rival

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Longer words containing rival

archrival archrivals

arrival arrivals

deprival deprivals

nonrival nonrivalrously

outrival outrivaled

outrival outrivaling

outrival outrivalled

outrival outrivalling

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parathyroprival

plurivalence plurivalences

plurivalencies

plurivalency

plurivalent

quadrivalence quadrivalences

quadrivalencies

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quadrivalent quadrivalents

rivaled outrivaled

rivaled unrivaled

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rivalise rivalised

rivalise rivalises

rivalising

rivalism

rivalities

rivality

rivalize rivalized

rivalize rivalizes

rivalizing

rivalled outrivalled

rivalled unrivalled

rivalless

rivalling outrivalling

rivalries

rivalrous rivalrously nonrivalrously

rivalrous rivalrousness

rivalry

rivals archrivals

rivals arrivals

rivals deprivals

rivals outrivals

rivals rivalship rivalships

trivalence trivalences

trivalencies

trivalency

trivalent trivalents

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