ARCHRIVAL Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

archrival

noun

Definition of archrival

as in competitor

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Recent Examples of archrival Since 2010, its archrival has captured around 60% of that market, chiefly due to the superior range of its A320neo and A320XLR families. — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 1 June 2026 Meanwhile, the school’s archrival, Duxbury, is the fourth-seeded school. — Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 27 May 2026 Few corporations retain documents for anywhere near that long, and in the intervening decades, Spink — once one of London’s premier antiquities dealers — had been acquired by Sotheby’s archrival, Christie’s, which subsequently sold off or shut down most of the business. — Matthew Campbell, Bloomberg, 22 May 2026 Because if Vitello can’t handle a simple case of a star player forgetting the outs at a critical juncture of the game against an archrival, who is to say what will be accepted next for a team that’s already flirting with effective playoff elimination? — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 15 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for archrival

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Noun

All while the other competitor in the arena, Matt Kuchar, stood and waited, with the biggest round of his life on the line.

— Brody Miller, New York Times, 14 July 2026
With ruthless competitors who will stop at nothing to dethrone and destroy them, the Whitlocks are a blue-collar dynasty at the edge of extinction – and the old king is fighting to hold onto the crown.

— Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 14 July 2026

Definition of competitor

Noun

Santos is an intelligent player with lots of potential, and United nabbing him from a ‘Big Six’ rival would be the sort of clever deal that can keep them agile and competitive elsewhere in the summer transfer market.

— Carl Anka, New York Times, 10 July 2026
The Packers then blew a 21-3 halftime lead in the Wild Card round against Chicago, gave up 25 fourth quarter points and eventually suffered a shocking 31-27 loss to the arch-rival Bears.

— Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

Definition of rival

Noun

This same poll showed Hochul, a Democrat, leading her Republican challenger, Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, by a margin of 20 percentage points – a promising sign for her reelection campaign.

— Paxton Honerkamp, CNBC, 14 July 2026
In the immediate aftermath of the shooting, several would-be Collins' challengers descended upon the scene — and her office — to speak out.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 July 2026

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The Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest on Coney Island in New York on July 4, where contestants ate several days' worth of calories in just 10 minutes.

— Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 4 July 2026
The reality star — who was briefly engaged to the winner of his season, Hannah Ann Sluss, and dated his fifth place contestant, Kelley Flanagan, on and off for years — addressed the book for the first time on Monday.

— Sarah Hearon, Entertainment Weekly, 2 July 2026

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