rival
A competitor with the same goal as another, or striving to attain the same thingA competitor (person, team, company, etc.) with the same goal as another, or striving to attain the same thing. Defeating a rival may be a primary or necessary goal of a competitor.
» Tom is my rival.
Tom ist mein Rivale. — pullnosemans
Том — мой конкурент. — odexed
Том — мій конкурент. — deniko
Том — мій суперник. — deniko
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3 sensesA competitor (person, team, company, etc.) with the same goal as another, or striving to attain the same thing. Defeating a rival may be a primary or necessary goal of a competitor.
Chris is my biggest rival in the 400-metre race.
Gegner, Rivale, Konkurrent
сопе́рникsopérnik, сопе́рницаsopérnica, проти́вникprotívnik
супе́рникsupérnyk, супе́рницяsupérnycja, проти́вникprotývnyk
Someone or something with similar claims of quality or distinction as another.
As a social historian, he has no rival.
ра́вныйrávnyj
(obsolete)One having a common right or privilege with another; a partner.
- the contestant you hope to defeat
Examples
142 sentencesTom is my rival.
Том — мій конкурент. — deniko
ruТом — мой конкурент. — odexed
deTom ist mein Rivale. — pullnosemans
Tom and Mary are rivals.
Том та Мері — суперники. — deniko
ruТом и Мэри соперники. — sharptoothed
You have to respect your rivals.
ruВы должны уважать своих соперников. — odexed
Tom and Mary were always rivals.
Tom is from a rival gang.
Translations
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Origin
Learned borrowing from Latin rīvālis (literally “person using the same stream as another”)Learned borrowing from Latin rīvālis (literally “person using the same stream as another”). By surface analysis, Latin rīvus + -al.
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Forms
plural: rivalsSynonyms
4 synonyms- the contestant you hope to defeat:challengercompetitorcompetitioncontender
Word family
14 related wordsSee also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.