rival
Noun
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The contestant you hope to defeat (synset 110552570)
"he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing"is a type of: contestant - a person who participates in competitionssubtypes:
- champ, champion, title-holder - someone who has won first place in a competition
- comer - someone with a promising future
- finalist - a contestant who reaches the final stages of a competition
- enemy, foe - a personal enemy
- favorite, favourite, front-runner - a competitor thought likely to win
- king, queen, world-beater - a competitor who holds a preeminent position
- runner-up, second best - the competitor who finishes second
- scratch - a competitor who has withdrawn from competition
- semifinalist - one of four competitors remaining in a tournament by elimination
- street fighter - a contestant who is very aggressive and willing to use underhand methods
- tier - any one of two or more competitors who tie one another
- tilter - someone who engages in a tilt or joust
Verb
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Be equal to in quality or ability (synset 202677976)
"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"
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Be the rival of, be in competition with (synset 201124620)
"we are rivaling for first place in the race"
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