rivalry

rivalry
Synonyms and related words:
antagonism, antipathy, bad blood, clashing, collision, competition, competitiveness, conflict, contention, contrariety, contrariness, controversy, covetousness, cross-purposes, cutthroat competition, disaccord, discord, dispute, dissension, emulation, enmity, enviousness, envy, feud, fractiousness, friction, gamesmanship, grudging, grudgingness, hostility, inimicalness, invidia, invidiousness, jealousy, jockeying, lifemanship, negativeness, noncooperation, obstinacy, one-upmanship, oppugnancy, perverseness, recalcitrance, refractoriness, repugnance, strife, striving, struggle, tug-of-war, uncooperativeness, vying, warfare

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  • rivalry — ri‧val‧ry [ˈraɪvlri] noun rivalries PLURALFORM [countable, uncountable] COMMERCE competition between people, companies, organizations etc who are in the same business or selling similar goods or services in the same market: rivalry between •… …   Financial and business terms

  • Rivalry — Ri val*ry, n.; pl. {Rivalries}. The act of rivaling, or the state of being a rival; a competition. Keen contention and eager rivalries. Jeffrey. [1913 Webster] Syn: Emulation; competition. See {Emulation}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • rivalry — index belligerency, competition, conflict, contention (opposition), contest (competition), impugnation …   Law dictionary

  • rivalry — 1590s; from RIVAL (Cf. rival) + ERY (Cf. ery). Rivality in the same sense is recorded from 1580s …   Etymology dictionary

  • rivalry — [n] competition antagonism, athletic event, bout, candidacy, clash, conflict, contest, duel, emulation, encounter, engagement, event, fight, game, jealousy, match, matchup, one on one*, opposition, race, sport, strife, struggle, tournament, tug… …   New thesaurus

  • rivalry — [rī′vəlrē] n. pl. rivalries the act of rivaling or the fact or condition of being a rival or rivals; competition SYN. COMPETITION …   English World dictionary

  • rivalry — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, bitter, fierce, great, heated, intense ▪ the bitter rivalry that existed between them ▪ ancient …   Collocations dictionary

  • rivalry — n. 1) to stir up rivalry 2) intense, keen, strong rivalry 3) sibling rivalry 4) rivalry among, between; for; in; with (keen rivalry between them for the award) * * * [ raɪv(ə)lrɪ] between for in keen strong rivalry …   Combinatory dictionary

  • rivalry — ri|val|ry [ˈraıvəlri] n plural rivalries [U and C] a situation in which two or more people, teams, or companies are competing for something, especially over a long period of time, and the feeling of competition between them →↑competition rivalry… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • rivalry — ri|val|ry [ raıvlri ] noun count or uncount a situation in which people, teams, businesses, etc. compete with one another: political rivalries rivalry between: There is friendly rivalry between the two teams. sibling rivalry (=rivalry between… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • rivalry — UK [ˈraɪv(ə)lrɪ] / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms rivalry : singular rivalry plural rivalries a situation in which people, teams, businesses etc compete with one another political rivalries rivalry between: There is friendly rivalry… …   English dictionary

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