Rivals - English meaning

noun

One's opponent in a contest, conflict, or dispute.

Usage examples:

Davis beat his old adversary in the quarter-finals

adjective

Another term for adversarial.

noun

An enemy

Usage examples:

He saw her as his main adversary within the company.

noun

A person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary.

Usage examples:

He turned to confront his antagonist

noun

A person who opposes or disagrees with another

noun

A person who engages in a contest.

Usage examples:

New championship challengers

noun

Someone who tries to win a competition and achieve a position, esp. in politics or sports, against someone who has won it and now has that position

Usage examples:

An aide to buchanan said the conservative challenger for the presidency would hold a press conferen…

noun

A person who takes part in a sporting contest.

Usage examples:

Two competitors were banned for taking drugs

noun

A person, product, company, etc. that is trying to compete with others, for example, by trying to make bigger sales in a particular market

Usage examples:

Chief/main/major competitor at least one major competitor is gearing up to provide local service at…

noun

A person or group competing with others to achieve something.

Usage examples:

The major contenders in the football championship

noun

A person who takes part in a contest or competition.

Usage examples:

An anxious contestant on a television quiz show

noun

Someone who competes in a contest

Usage examples:

In tonight's quiz, our contestants have come from all over the country., contestant for two main ca…

noun

One of several competitors having an equal claim to someone or something, especially a rival suitor.

Usage examples:

He doth suspect corrivals in his love

verb

Match or surpass (a person or achievement), typically by imitation.

Usage examples:

Most rulers wished to emulate alexander the great

verb

To copy someone’s behavior or try to be like someone else because you admire or respect that person

Usage examples:

Officials are looking to emulate successful ideas from other cities., he just wants to emulate his …

noun

A person who is actively opposed or hostile to someone or something.

Usage examples:

The traditional enemies of his tribe

noun

A person who hates or opposes another person and tries to harm that person

Usage examples:

Some enemies are spreading nasty gossip about her., he views the press as the enemy., he was charge…

noun

An enemy or opponent.

Usage examples:

His work was praised by friends and foes alike

abbreviation

Friends of the earth.

noun

An enemy, or a competitor

Usage examples:

Foes of the plan were there to voice their concerns.

noun

A contest in which people or teams compete against each other in a particular sport.

Usage examples:

A boxing match

verb

Correspond or cause to correspond in some essential respect; make or be harmonious.

Usage examples:

I thought we'd have primrose walls to match the bath

noun

A short, thin piece of wood or cardboard used to light a fire, being tipped with a composition that ignites when rubbed against a rough surface.

Usage examples:

He struck a match against the wall

noun

The inescapable agent of someone's or something's downfall.

Usage examples:

Injury, consistently his nemesis, struck him down during the match

proper noun

A goddess usually portrayed as the agent of divine punishment for wrongdoing or presumption (hubris).

noun

Someone's nemesis is a person or thing that is very difficult for them to defeat.

Usage examples:

The tax increases proved to be the president's political nemesis.

noun

Someone who competes with or opposes another in a contest, game, or argument.

Usage examples:

He beat his republican opponent by a landslide margin

noun

A person who disagrees with something and speaks against it or tries to change it

Usage examples:

Opponents of the project fear it will attract undesirables., his chief opponent in the november ele…

adjective

(of lines, planes, or surfaces) side by side and having the same distance continuously between them.

Usage examples:

Parallel lines never meet

noun

A person or thing that is similar or analogous to another.

Usage examples:

A challenge which has no parallel in peacetime this century

verb

Be side by side with (something extending in a line), always keeping the same distance; run or lie parallel to.

Usage examples:

A big concrete gutter that paralleled the road