Rivalry Synonyms and Antonyms

rīvəl-rē
A vying with others for victory or supremacy
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. competition
  2. battle
  3. contest
  4. contention
  5. striving
  6. emulation
  7. struggle
  8. opposition
  9. corrivalry
  10. vying
  11. race
  12. strife
  13. tug of war
  14. dispute
  15. war
  16. warfare
  17. competitiveness
  18. jealousy
Antonyms:
  1. cooperation
  2. alliance
  3. conspiracy. See syn. study at competition.competition
  4. conspiracy

Words Related to Rivalry

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Rivalry 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.

  • After several years of rivalry and much fighting between the two relatives, Turlough resigned the headship of the clan in favour of Hugh, who was inaugurated O'Neill in 1593.

  • Even in the days of Hosea the rivalry between Yahweh and the old Canaanite Baal still continued.

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