archrival

noun

arch·​ri·​val (ˌ)ärch-ˈrī-vəl 

: a principal rival

Examples of archrival in a Sentence

In baseball, the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees are archrivals.

Recent Examples on the Web

That was highlighted by single-digit wins over Wheaton North and Wheaton Warrenville South and by surrendering 56 points to archrival Geneva in a 56-49 loss. — Paul Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 5 Nov. 2026

Singleton is eager to see the trio’s tantalizing potential become reality back in his hometown against the Gators’ archrivals. — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026

That’s just the way things work as a kid when your favorite team has an archrival. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 15 Oct. 2026

Buckmaster had spent much of the past year using LLMs to carry out that program alongside Levent Alpöge, an employee of OpenAI’s archrival, Anthropic. — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 13 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1750, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for archrival

• archival
• arrival
• revival
• survival
• conjunctival
• rival
• subconjunctival

Kids Definition

archrival

noun

arch·​ri·​val (ˌ)ärch-ˈrī-vəl 

: a principal rival