rivalled

verboppose; be a match for

Synonyms for rivalled

verb oppose; be a match for

Antonyms for rivalled

Word Origin & History

1570s, from Latin rivalis "a rival, adversary in love; neighbor," originally, "of the same brook," from rivus "brook" (see rivulet). "One who is in pursuit of the same object as another." The sense evolution seems to be based on the competitiveness of neighbors: "one who uses the same stream," or "one on the opposite side of the stream" A secondary sense in Latin and sometimes in English was "associate, companion in duty," from the notion of "one having a common right or privilege with another." As an adjective 1580s from the noun.

Example Sentences for rivalled

And he laughed with a cackle a demon could not have rivalled.

For all the grandeur of their names they rivalled one another in incompetency and timidity.

Their passionate devotion to their faith is only rivalled by their passionate devotion to the Motherland.

Fox and Burke and Pitt rivalled each other in condemning the system.

The success of this play was rivalled by Gogol's comedy, "The Revisor."

Even his bark church in the backwoods could not have rivalled Hiltonbury and the brass.

The narrow, shelving beach, rivalled the whiteness of a fresh snow-drift.

The boys also rivalled the Indians in the skill with which they would throw the tomahawk.

Kate was dressed in a gown that rivalled the snow itself in whiteness.

One or two were rivalled in height by the weeds that choked their windows.