rivals

nounperson who opposes in competition
verboppose; be a match for

Synonyms for rivals

noun person who opposes in competition

Antonyms for rivals

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 rivals

After that there are usually two rivals, and she marries one of them—that's three.

Were they his rivals, he found the perfect word for their merits and shortcomings.

But that terrible monopoly, the Paris-Lyon-Mditerrane, will tolerate no rivals.

We have been foes and rivals; why should not our path be the same?

As rivals, things would be wonderfully fair and even between us.

This cannot truly be said of the greatest of their continental models or rivals.

Occasionally a solitary male was driven out by the sharp teeth of his rivals.

The stickleback is passionate, polygamous and very jealous of rivals.

Soon there were rivals in the field with new types of engines.

The men of the Pahi must not be cut out by rivals from other rivers.