rival
noun / adjective / verb
Meaning
- nounA competitor (person, team, company, etc.) with the same goal as another, or striving to attain the same thing. Defeating a rival may be a primary or necessary goal of a competitor.
Example:
Chris is my biggest rival in the 400-metre race.
- adjectiveHaving the same pretensions or claims; standing in competition for superiority.
Example:
rival lovers
- verbTo oppose or compete with.
Example:
to rival somebody in love
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Very common
- #532 of 8,600 five-letter words by how often they're used
- Can be a Play Five answer
- As a first guess
- Tests likely letters better than 69% of common five-letter words.
- Vowels: 2 · Different letters: 5 · Repeated letters: None