Synonyms & related words for rivals

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Words related to rivals

Explore words related to rivals — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include competitor, contender, corrival, rivaling, archrival, rivaled, competition, challenger. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does rivals come from?

The word rivals breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root rival-, from Latin rivalis (“one using same stream”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.