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competition
Rivalry, as between two individuals or entities, a quest to secure an advantage over another; in business, rivalry for customers or a share of the marketplace. See unfair competition. Rivalry, as between two individuals or entities, a quest to secure an advantage over another; in business, rivalry for customers or a share of the marketplace. See unfair competition.
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  1. Rivalry, as between two individuals or entities, a quest to secure an advantage over another; in business, rivalry for customers or a share of the marketplace. See unfair competition. Rivalry, as between two individuals or entities, a quest to secure an advantage over another; in business, rivalry for customers or a share of the marketplace. See unfair competition.
  2. A test of skill or ability; a contest:
  3. Opposition, or effective opposition, in a contest or match
emulation
(Obs.) Ambitious rivalry
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  1. (Obs.) Ambitious rivalry
  2. Desire or ambition to equal or surpass
  3. (Comput.) The act or an instance of using an emulator
contest
A competition, especially one in which entrants perform separately and are rated by judges:
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  1. A competition, especially one in which entrants perform separately and are rated by judges:
  2. A struggle for superiority or victory between rivals:
  3. A fight, struggle, conflict, or controversy
struggle
Conflict; strife; contention
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  1. Conflict; strife; contention
  2. The act of struggling:
  3. Strife, contention, or combat:
battle
Armed fighting; combat:
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  1. Armed fighting; combat:
  2. Any fight or struggle; conflict
  3. A protracted controversy or struggle:
contention
A statement or point that one argues for as true or valid
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  1. A statement or point that one argues for as true or valid
  2. A striving to win in competition; rivalry:
  3. The act of contending; strife, struggle, controversy, dispute, quarrel, etc.
opposition
An opposed condition; resistance, contradiction, contrast, hostility, etc.
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  1. An opposed condition; resistance, contradiction, contrast, hostility, etc.
  2. The position of two celestial bodies when their celestial longitude differs by 180°, especially a configuration in which Earth lies on a straight line between the Sun and a superior planet or the Moon. Planets in this position rise as the Sun sets and are visible all night long, reaching their highest point in the sky at midnight; the Moon in this position is full.
  3. A political party or an organized group opposed to the group, party, or government in power.
dispute
A quarrel
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  1. A quarrel
  2. A disputing; argument; debate
  3. A verbal controversy; a debate.
battle
A protracted controversy or struggle:
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  1. A protracted controversy or struggle:
  2. Any fight or struggle; conflict
  3. Armed fighting; combat or war
competition
The person or persons against whom one competes
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  1. The person or persons against whom one competes
  2. A test of skill or ability; a contest:
  3. (Ecology) The simultaneous demand by two or more organisms for limited environmental resources, such as nutrients, living space, or light.
contest
A competition, especially one in which entrants perform separately and are rated by judges:
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  1. A competition, especially one in which entrants perform separately and are rated by judges:
  2. A struggle for superiority or victory between rivals:
  3. A fight, struggle, conflict, or controversy
race
A series of such competitions for horses, cars, etc. on a regular course
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  1. A series of such competitions for horses, cars, etc. on a regular course
  2. Any contest or competition likened to a race
  3. A series of such competitions held at a specified time on a regular course:
strife
Contention or competition between rivals.
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  1. Contention or competition between rivals.
  2. The act or state of fighting or quarreling, esp. bitterly; struggle; conflict
  3. A conflict or quarrel:
struggle
The act of struggling:
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  1. The act of struggling:
  2. Strife, contention, or combat:
  3. Conflict; strife; contention
tug of war
Any power struggle between two parties
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  1. Any power struggle between two parties
  2. Alternative spelling of tug of war.
war
The period of such conflict.
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  1. The period of such conflict.
  2. (Obs.) A battle
  3. A condition of active antagonism or contention:
warfare
Military operations marked by a specific characteristic:
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  1. Military operations marked by a specific characteristic:
  2. Conflict or struggle of any kind
  3. The waging of war against an enemy; armed conflict.
Find another word for rivalry. In this page you can discover 27 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for rivalry, like: competition, emulation, striving, contest, vying, struggle, battle, contention, opposition, dispute and cooperation.

Sentence Examples

  • The last thing she wanted was rivalry among the men.

  • The rivalry between the English and the French, which had already convulsed the south, did not penetrate to Bengal.

  • Apart from the rivalry of the factions within the Assembly, there was the question of the Mussulman minority, dwindling it is true,' but still a force to be reckoned with.

  • It has been suggested that Perseus, the local hero of Argos, and Bellerophon were originally one and the same, the difference in their exploits being the result of the rivalry of Argos and Corinth.

  • It was the first definite product of Greek medicine on Roman soil, but was destined to be followed by others, which kept up a more or less successful rivalry with it, and with the Hippocratic tradition.

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