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Yes. The word rival is a Scrabble US word. The word rival is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word rival is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

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5-letter words (2 found)

RIVAL,VIRAL,

4-letter words (14 found)

ARIL,LAIR,LARI,LIAR,LIRA,RAIL,RIAL,RIVA,VAIL,VAIR,VALI,VIAL,VIRL,VRIL,

3-letter words (9 found)

AIL,AIR,LAR,LAV,RAI,RAV,RIA,VAR,VIA,

2-letter words (5 found)

AI,AL,AR,LA,LI,

You can make 30 words from rival according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of rival

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Definitions and meaning of rival

rival

Etymology

From Latin rīvālis (literally “person using the same stream as another”), from rīvus (“small stream, brook”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɹaɪvəl/
  • Rhymes: -aɪvəl

Noun

rival (plural rivals)

  1. A competitor (person, team, company, etc.) with the same goal as another, or striving to attain the same thing. Defeating a rival may be a primary or necessary goal of a competitor.
  2. Someone or something with similar claims of quality or distinction as another.
  3. (obsolete) One having a common right or privilege with another; a partner.

Hyponyms

  • rivaless

Derived terms

  • rivaless
  • rivalry
  • archrival, arch-rival

Related terms

  • rivulet

Translations

Adjective

rival (not comparable)

  1. Having the same pretensions or claims; standing in competition for superiority.
    rival lovers; rival claims or pretensions

Derived terms

  • rivalrous

Translations

Verb

rival (third-person singular simple present rivals, present participle rivalling or rivaling, simple past and past participle rivalled or rivaled)

  1. (transitive) To oppose or compete with.
    to rival somebody in love
  2. To be equal to, or match, or to surpass another.
  3. To strive to equal or excel; to emulate.

Translations

Anagrams

  • Avril, arvil, viral

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rīvālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [riˈβal]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencian) [riˈval]

Adjective

rival m or f (masculine and feminine plural rivals)

  1. rival

Derived terms

  • rivalitzar

Related terms

  • riu
  • rivalitat

Noun

rival m or f by sense (plural rivals)

  1. rival

Further reading

  • “rival” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “rival”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
  • “rival” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “rival” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from German Rival.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈrɪval]

Noun

rival m anim (feminine rivalka)

  1. rival, competitor, opponent
    sportovní rivalové. ― sports rivals.

Declension

Related terms

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rīvālis (literally “person using the same stream as another”), from rīvus (“small stream, brook”). Unrelated to rive.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁi.val/

Adjective

rival (feminine rivale, masculine plural rivaux, feminine plural rivales)

  1. (relational) rival

Noun

rival m (plural rivaux, feminine rivale)

  1. rival

Descendants

  • → Norwegian Bokmål: rival

Further reading

  • “rival”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • avril, livra, viral

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʁiˈvaːl]
  • Hyphenation: ri‧val

Adjective

rival (strong nominative masculine singular rivaler, not comparable)

  1. (economics, of a good) rivalrous

Declension

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French rival (“rival”), from Latin rīvālis (“of or pertaining to a brook; rival”), from rīvus (“brook; channel”), from Proto-Italic *rīwos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃riH-wó-s, from *h₃reyH- (“to move, flow”), from *h₃er- (“to move, stir”).

Noun

rival m (definite singular rivalen, indefinite plural rivaler, definite plural rivalene)

  1. a rival

Derived terms

  • erkerival

References

  • “rival” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin rivalis, via French rival.

Noun

rival m (definite singular rivalen, indefinite plural rivalar, definite plural rivalane)

  1. a rival

Derived terms

  • erkerival

References

  • “rival” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
  • Hyphenation: ri‧val

Noun

rival m or f by sense (plural rivais)

  1. rival (competitor with the same objective)
    Synonyms: adversário, oponente

Adjective

rival m or f (plural rivais)

  1. rival (standing in competition)

Related terms

  • rio

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French rival, from Latin rivalis.

Noun

rival m (plural rivali)

  1. rival

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rǐʋaːl/
  • Hyphenation: ri‧val

Noun

rìvāl m (Cyrillic spelling рѝва̄л)

  1. rival, adversary

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin rīvālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /riˈbal/ [riˈβ̞al]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: ri‧val

Adjective

rival m or f (masculine and feminine plural rivales)

  1. rival
  2. adverse
    Synonym: adverso

Noun

rival m or f by sense (plural rivales)

  1. rival
    Synonyms: adversario, antagonista, competidor, contrario, oponente

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

  • “rival”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin rivalis, via French rival.

Pronunciation

Noun

rival c

  1. rival

Declension

Related terms

  • rivalitet

Further reading

  • rival in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
  • rival in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

  • vilar

Source: wiktionary.org