rival
verb [T] /ˈraɪ.vəl/ (-ll- or US usually -l-)Definition
C2 to be as good, clever, beautiful, etc. as someone or something else: No computer can rival a human brain for/in complexity. The beauty of the country is only rivalled by (= is equal to) the violence of its politics.Competing and contending (non-sporting)Competing in sportBeing or appearing similar or the same
(Definition of rival verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a passing resemblance idiom
- agree verb (BE THE SAME)
- answer verb (MATCH)
- be in good company idiom
- be in the same ballpark idiom
- be nothing/not much/very little in it idiom
- be two of a kind idiom
- comport verb (BE SIMILAR)
- constancy noun (STAYING SAME)
- equal verb (BE THE SAME)
- even (sth) out phrasal verb
- flatline verb
- homologous adjective
- in line with sth idiom
- match verb (LOOK SIMILAR)
- mirror verb
- overlap verb
- parallel verb
- resemble verb
- tally verb
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