rival B2 Topic:People & Society US /ˈɹaɪvəl/ See IPA manual Freq #6460 Meanings 1 noun A person, team, or company competing with another for the same thing. Chris is my biggest rival in the race. 2 verb To be as good as or equal to someone or something. Few cities can rival Paris for sheer beauty. 3 adj Competing for the same thing. The two rival companies both wanted the contract. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a person, team, or company... competition 2 verb · to be as good as or equal... touch Word family Forms rivaledrivalingrivalledrivallingrivals Derived forms arch-rivalarchrivalcorivalnonrivaloutrivalrivalessrivaliserivalismrivalityrivalizationrivalizerivalless Related forms rivulet Etymology AI details Learned borrowing from Latin rīvālis (literally “person using the same stream as another”). By surface analysis, Latin rīvus + -al. rīvālis Latin View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # rival **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun, verb, adj **IPA (US):** /ˈɹaɪvəl/ **Frequency rank:** 6460 ## Meanings 1. A person, team, or company competing with another for the same thing. 2. To be as good as or equal to someone or something. 3. Competing for the same thing. ## Examples - Chris is my biggest rival in the race. - Few cities can rival Paris for sheer beauty. - The two rival companies both wanted the contract. ## Derived Forms - arch-rival - archrival - corival - nonrival - outrival - rivaless - rivalise - rivalism - rivality - rivalization - rivalize - rivalless ## Related Forms - rivulet ## Roots and Affixes - Root: rīvālis ## Etymology Learned borrowing from Latin rīvālis (literally “person using the same stream as another”). By surface analysis, Latin rīvus + -al. ## AI Etymology Rival is a learned borrowing from Latin rīvālis (literally “person using the same stream as another”). By surface analysis, Latin rīvus + -al. Modern senses include a person, team, or company competing with another for the same thing. and to be as good as or equal to someone or something.. The wider word family includes derivatives such as arch-rival, archrival, corival, nonrival, outrival, and rivaless and related forms such as rivulet. ## Topics - People & Society markdown