rival
noun
a person who is competing for the same object or goal as another, or who tries to equal or outdo another; competitor.
outrival
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a word derived from
rival.
Example Sentences
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In death as in life he still remains a man of mystery, with a fortune that would outrival the wildest dreams of a fairy prince.
From Time Magazine Archive
But it's strange to see him come back so abundant, so eloquent, so cut up, as it were, into hundreds of little devils all trying to outrival each other .
From Time Magazine Archive
If it could be carried and launched by rapid aircraft, its value would be enormously increased, and the torpedo-carrying aeroplane or seaplane would outrival the submarine as a weapon of offence against enemy shipping.
From The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force by Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh
The company consisted only of Lady Carnegie's starched cousins, with their husbands and their daughters, who yet hoped to outrival Nelly with her gloomy Lauderdale laird.
From Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes by Sarah Tytler
If the devotion of two people to one another seemed likely to outrival their devotion to the Cause, then separation came swiftly.
From The Hippodrome by Rachel Hayward
