noun
- The contestant you hope to defeat.
- usage: "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing"
- synonyms: challenger, competitor, competition, contender
verb
- Be equal to in quality or ability.
- usage: "Nothing can rival cotton for durability"; "Your performance doesn't even touch that of your colleagues"; "Her persistence and ambition only matches that of her parents"
- Be the rival of, be in competition with.
- usage: "we are rivaling for first place in the race"
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