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
Example sentences :
  • 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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