Antonyms for rivalry
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : rahy-vuhl-ree |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈraɪ vəl ri |
Definition of rivalry
Origin :- 1590s; from rival + -ry. Shakespeare has rivality ("Antony and Cleopatra"), but from the secondary sense of the root word and meaning "partnership, equality in rank."
- noun competition
- Then their rivalry shall be not a curse, but a blessing to this land of England.
- Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- He could have no fear of such a rivalry, however unpleasant at the moment!
- Extract from : « Salted With Fire » by George MacDonald
- Well, I'll relieve your lordship, as you have relieved me, from all fear of rivalry.
- Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol. XXXII No. 2. February 1848 » by Various
- By the good people that taught you to think our rivalry blood-red.
- Extract from : « Poems » by William D. Howells
- It was because he who commanded the vessel was so superior as to find in her no rivalry.
- Extract from : « The Pirate and The Three Cutters » by Frederick Marryat
- Rivalry is an indispensable and normal adjunct of such unity.
- Extract from : « Mountain Meditations » by L. Lind-af-Hageby
- The rivalry between the beautiful Norman and beautiful Lisa amused him.
- Extract from : « The Fat and the Thin » by Emile Zola
- Such a rivalry is more characteristic of an imitator than of an original writer.
- Extract from : « Symposium » by Plato
- The rivalry was beneficial to the public if not to the stockholders.
- Extract from : « Annals of Music in America » by Henry Charles Lahee
- We were but lads, and there was no feeling of rivalry between us.
- Extract from : « In the Days of Drake » by J. S. Fletcher
Synonyms for rivalry
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