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Rival

A person having a common right or privilege with another; a partner.

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Verb group 8

Equal 84% connected

Agreeing in quantity, size, quality, degree, value, etc.; having the same magnitude, the same value, the same degree, etc.; -- applied to number, deg…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Equal 84% connected

Agreeing in quantity, size, quality, degree, value, etc.; having the same magnitude, the same value, the same degree, etc.; -- applied to number, deg…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Equalize 84% connected

To make equal; to cause to correspond, or be like, in amount or degree as compared; as, to equalize accounts, burdens, or taxes.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Equalize 84% connected

To make equal; to cause to correspond, or be like, in amount or degree as compared; as, to equalize accounts, burdens, or taxes.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Equate 84% connected

To make equal; to reduce to an average; to make such an allowance or correction in as will reduce to a common standard of comparison; to reduce to me…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Equate 84% connected

To make equal; to reduce to an average; to make such an allowance or correction in as will reduce to a common standard of comparison; to reduce to me…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Match 84% connected

Anything used for catching and retaining or communicating fire, made of some substance which takes fire readily, or remains burning some time; esp.,…

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Match 84% connected

Anything used for catching and retaining or communicating fire, made of some substance which takes fire readily, or remains burning some time; esp.,…

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Similar meaning 2

Hostile 84% connected

Belonging or appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence, or a desire to thwart and injure; occupi…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Hostile 84% connected

Belonging or appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence, or a desire to thwart and injure; occupi…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Narrower term 10

Champ 76% connected

To bite with repeated action of the teeth so as to be heard.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Champion 76% connected

To furnish with a champion; to attend or defend as champion; to support or maintain; to protect.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Comer 76% connected

One who comes, or who has come; one who has arrived, and is present.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Enemy 76% connected

One hostile to another; one who hates, and desires or attempts the injury of, another; a foe; an adversary; as, an enemy of or to a person; an enemy…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Favorite 76% connected

A person or thing regarded with peculiar favor; one treated with partiality; one preferred above others; especially, one unduly loved, trusted, and e…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Favourite 76% connected

something regarded with special favor or liking; "that book is one of my favorites"

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Foe 76% connected

One who entertains personal enmity, hatred, grudge, or malice, against another; an enemy.

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Scratch 76% connected

To rub and tear or mark the surface of with something sharp or ragged; to scrape, roughen, or wound slightly by drawing something pointed or rough ac…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Tier 76% connected

One who, or that which, ties.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Tilter 76% connected

One who tilts, or jousts; hence, one who fights.

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Broader term 4

Compete 76% connected

To contend emulously; to seek or strive for the same thing, position, or reward for which another is striving; to contend in rivalry, as for a prize…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Contend 76% connected

To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.

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Contestant 76% connected

One who contests; an opponent; a litigant; a disputant; one who claims that which has been awarded to another.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Vie 76% connected

To stake a sum upon a hand of cards, as in the old game of gleek. See Revie.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 2

Outrival 76% connected

To surpass in a rivalry.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Outvie 76% connected

To exceed in vying.

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Derivationally related 6

Challenge 74% connected

An invitation to engage in a contest or controversy of any kind; a defiance; specifically, a summons to fight a duel; also, the letter or message con…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Challenge 74% connected

An invitation to engage in a contest or controversy of any kind; a defiance; specifically, a summons to fight a duel; also, the letter or message con…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Contender 74% connected

One who contends; a contestant.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Contender 74% connected

One who contends; a contestant.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Rivalry 74% connected

The act of rivaling, or the state of being a rival; a competition.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Rivalry 74% connected

The act of rivaling, or the state of being a rival; a competition.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 7

Challenger 92% connected

One who challenges.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Competition 92% connected

The act of seeking, or endeavoring to gain, what another is endeavoring to gain at the same time; common strife for the same objects; strife for supe…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Competitor 92% connected

One who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; a rival.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Contender 92% connected

One who contends; a contestant.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Equal 92% connected

Agreeing in quantity, size, quality, degree, value, etc.; having the same magnitude, the same value, the same degree, etc.; -- applied to number, deg…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Match 92% connected

Anything used for catching and retaining or communicating fire, made of some substance which takes fire readily, or remains burning some time; esp.,…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Touch 92% connected

To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against; to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or rest on.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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