Thesaurus / rivals
FEEDBACKsynonyms for rivals
synonyms for rivals
- emulate
- equal
- resemble
- contend
- contest
- correspond
- approximate
- tie
- amount
- near
- compete
- partake
- touch
- meet
- approach
- match
- come up to
- go for
- bear comparison with
- come near to
- compare with
- go after
- jockey for position
- measure up to
- rivalize
- scramble for
- seek to displace
- vie with
Meet Grammar Coach
Improve Your Writing 
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
TRY USING rivals
See how your sentence looks with different synonyms.
How to use rivals in a sentence
As a brilliant conversationalist and well-versed political economist he has few rivals in his country.
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDSJOHN FOREMANShe expatiated on his father's character; on the envy of his rivals; and dated his fall to their ambition alone.
THE PASTOR'S FIRE-SIDE VOL. 3 OF 4JANE PORTERBritish pasture farming was to be annihilated, and an immense stimulus given to that of our continental rivals.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUSThe young marquis himself had been Josepha's lover; Baron Hulot and he had been rivals for her on another occasion.
REPERTORY OF THE COMEDIE HUMAINE, COMPLETE, A -- ZANATOLE CERFBERR AND JULES FRANOIS CHRISTOPHEStronger and more impatient rivals have stepped before me, and I can wait with chearful resignation till another opportunity.
PRIVATE LETTERS OF EDWARD GIBBON (1753-1794) VOLUME 1 (OF 2)EDWARD GIBBONI thought,' she said, 'that I alone was Queen; but here in this place I have six hundred rivals.'
BELGIUMGEORGE W. T. (GEORGE WILLIAM THOMSON) OMONDRed or giant cedar, which rivals the Douglas fir in girth, is plentiful, and is used for shingles as well as for interior work.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, 11TH EDITION, VOLUME 4, PART 3VARIOUSSuch formidable rivals drew away trade from the old privileged boroughs.
THE INFLUENCE AND DEVELOPMENT OF ENGLISH GILDSFRANCIS AIDEN HIBBERTI haven't been in any theatre since I saw Jefferson in the 'Rivals' the last time he came round.
A HOOSIER CHRONICLEMEREDITH NICHOLSONFriends pitied her and rivals mocked her; tauntingly they pointed at her, and said, "He has left thee; he will never come back."
HEBRAIC LITERATURE; TRANSLATIONS FROM THE TALMUD, MIDRASHIM AND KABBALAVARIOUS