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
A pleasing sight to-day we see, Four churches joined in harmony, There difference was but trivial, But strove each other to outrival.
From Poems of James McIntyre by James McIntyre
"Let us see who will be the first to try and outrival Master Spazzo," said the Duchess, once more mixing the straws.
From Ekkehard. Vol. II (of II). A Tale of the Tenth Century by Joseph Victor von Scheffel
Their names were few,—but Agassiz was one, And Peirce, the lord of numbers, and alone: Arithmeticians many more will be, But when another to outrival thee?
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 84, October, 1864 by Various
