10 definitions found for rivalry

Rivalry RI'VALRY, n. [from rival.] Competition; a strife or effort to obtain an object which another is pursuing; as rivalry in love; or an endeavor to equal or surpass another in some excellence; emulation; as rivalry for superiority at the bar or in the senate.

rivalry n 1: the act of competing as for profit or a prize; "the teams were in fierce contention for first place" [syn: competition, contention, rivalry] [ant: cooperation]

rivalry noun (plural -ries) Date: 1598 the act of rivaling ; the state of being a rival ; competition

rivalry
n. (pl. -ies) the state or an instance of being rivals; competition.

rivalry (rivalries) Rivalry is competition or fighting between people, businesses, or organizations who are in the same area or want the same things. ...the rivalry between the Inkatha and the ANC... N-VAR

rivalry ˈraɪvəlrɪ n. (pl. -ies) the state or an instance of being rivals; competition.

Rivalry Ri"val*ry, n.; pl. Rivalries. The act of rivaling, or the state of being a rival; a competition. ``Keen contention and eager rivalries.'' --Jeffrey. Syn: Emulation; competition. See Emulation.

rivalry n. Competition, emulation, rivalship, strife, contention.

rivalry ˈraɪvəlrɪ n. competition, competitiveness, contention, vying; dispute, feud, feuding, conflict, struggle, strife, controversy, dissension, discord, difference(s): Once again the two local teams meet in a rivalry that has been traditional for over a century. It appeared unlikely that the rivalry between the brothers would be settled amicably.

52 Moby Thesaurus words for "rivalry": antagonism, antipathy, bad blood, clashing, collision, competition, competitiveness, conflict, contention, contrariety, contrariness, controversy, covetousness, cross-purposes, cutthroat competition, disaccord, discord, dispute, dissension, emulation, enmity, enviousness, envy, feud, fractiousness, friction, gamesmanship, grudging, grudgingness, hostility, inimicalness, invidia, invidiousness, jealousy, jockeying, lifemanship, negativeness, noncooperation, obstinacy, one-upmanship, oppugnancy, perverseness, recalcitrance, refractoriness, repugnance, strife, striving, struggle, tug-of-war, uncooperativeness, vying, warfare