rival
noun
a person who is competing for the same object or goal as another, or who tries to equal or outdo another; competitor.
rivaled
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past participleof rival.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof rival.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
rivalnouna person who is competing for the same object or goal as another, or who tries to equal or outdo another; competitor.
Example Sentences
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The get-rich ethos that defines our time may be only rivaled by our perilously tantalizing obsession with vengeance.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
The extent to which he has reshaped U.S. politics and society is rivaled by few of his predecessors; presidents such as Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
From Slate ● Apr. 17, 2026
If Artemisia’s dramatic images announced her admiration for Caravaggio’s innovations, her dramatic personal history rivaled that of the bad boy of the Baroque, although, unlike him, she didn’t murder anyone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
The interiors would be made of leather that rivaled Prada’s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
I was seven, and I had no front teeth, legs that rivaled a giraffe’s, and a fully grown nose.
From "Watch Us Rise" by Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan
