Definition of rivals

"rivals" 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"

"rivals" 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 rivals

Women do not disapprove their rivals; they hate them. [ James Parton ]

Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals. [ Denham ]

Of two heroes, he who esteems his rivals the most is the greatest. [ Beaumelle ]

Lovers have an ineffable instinct which detects the presence of rivals. [ Bulwer ]

Rivals who blow out each other's brains for the eyes of a coquette, prove that they have no brains. [ A. Ricard ]

In ambition, as in love, the successful can afford to be indulgent towards their rivals. The prize our own, it is graceful to recognize the merit that vainly aspired to it. [ Bovee ]

Sir Francis Bacon observed that a well-written book, compared with its rivals and antagonists, is like Moses' serpent, that immediately swallowed up and devoured those of the Egyptians. [ Addison ]

Women of the world never use harsh expressions when condemning their rivals. Like the savage, they hurl elegant arrows, ornamented with feathers of purple and azure, but with poisoned points.

rivals in Scrabble®

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

Scrabble® Letter Score: 9

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters rivals:

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rivals in Words With Friends™

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

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 11

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Words within the letters of rivals

2 letter words in rivals (5 words)

3 letter words in rivals (6 words)

4 letter words in rivals (13 words)

5 letter words in rivals (10 words)

6 letter words in rivals (1 word)

Words containing the sequence rivals

Words that start with rivals (3 words)

Words with rivals in them (1 word)

Words that end with rivals (5 words)

Word Growth involving rivals

Shorter words in rivals

rival

Longer words containing rivals

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arrivals

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