Need another word that means the same as “rivalry”? Find 3 synonyms and 30 related words for “rivalry” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Rivalry” are: competition, contention, competitiveness
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “rivalry” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| competition | Interaction between animal or plant species, or individual organisms, that are attempting to gain a share of a limited environmental resource. Competition with ungulates or condylarths appears to have been the undoing of marsupials in North America. |
| competitiveness | An aggressive willingness to compete. Shoppers are often pleasantly surprised by the competitiveness of the prices. |
| contention | An assertion, especially one maintained in argument. The teams were in fierce contention for first place. |
| argue | Have an argument about something. It stands to reason she argued. |
| argument | An independent variable associated with a function or proposition and determining its value For example in the expression y F x x the arguments of the function F are x and x and the value is y. The editor added the argument to the poem. |
| argumentative | Using or characterized by systematic reasoning. An argumentative child. |
| bellicose | Having or showing a ready disposition to fight. A mood of bellicose jingoism. |
| belligerent | A nation or person engaged in war or conflict, as recognized by international law. A conference of socialists from all belligerent countries. |
| combative | Having or showing a ready disposition to fight. A combative impulse. |
| compete | Compete for something engage in a contest measure oneself against others. He competed with a number of other candidates. |
| competition | The activity or condition of striving to gain or win something by defeating or establishing superiority over others. A beauty competition. |
| conflict | Be in conflict. His conflict of interest made him ineligible for the post. |
| confrontational | Tending to deal with situations in an aggressive way; hostile or argumentative. He distanced himself from the confrontational approach adopted by his predecessor. |
| contend | Struggle to surmount (a difficulty. Militant groups are contending for control of the country. |
| contention | A contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement. The teams were in fierce contention for first place. |
| contentious | (of a person) given to provoking argument. A style described as abrasive and contentious. |
| contest | An occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants. A contest between traditional and liberal views. |
| controversy | Prolonged public disagreement or heated discussion. The design of the building has caused controversy. |
| debatable | Open to discussion or argument. It is debatable whether the country is coming out of recession. |
| debate | The formal presentation of a stated proposition and the opposition to it (usually followed by a vote. Last night s debate on the Education Bill. |
| discord | Lack of agreement or harmony. The discord between indigenous and Western cultures. |
| disputatious | Inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits. It s a congenial hang out for disputatious academics. |
| dispute | Question whether (a statement or alleged fact) is true or valid. He had a dispute with his wife. |
| divisive | Dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion. The highly divisive issue of abortion. |
| fight | Be engaged in a fight carry on a fight. He d had another fight with Katie. |
| issue | Supplies as food or clothing or ammunition issued by the government. The chance of carrying such a scheme to a successful issue was small. |
| litigious | Of or relating to litigation. A litigious and acrimonious spirit. |
| polemical | Of or involving dispute or controversy. A polemical essay. |
| quarrelsome | Given to quarreling. A moody quarrelsome man. |
| strife | Bitter conflict; heated often violent dissension. Decades of civil strife. |
| struggle | A very difficult task. A power struggle for the leadership. |
| wrangle | A dispute or argument, typically one that is long and complicated. The horses were wrangled early. |
| wrangling | An instance of intense argument (as in bargaining. Weeks of political wrangling. |
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