rival
noun/ˈraɪvəl/
Frequency rank: #3,325 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
A person or group competing with another; an opponent.
Example sentence
For years, that team has been our fiercest rival; nothing else compares.
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