Rivalry

n.

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The act of rivaling, or the state of being a rival; a competition.

Noun

1.

rivalry - the act of competing as for profit or a prize; "the teams were in fierce contention for first place" Synonyms: competition, contention

antagonism, antipathy, bad blood, clashing, collision, competition, competitiveness, conflict, contrariety, contrariness, controversy, covetousness, cross-purposes, cutthroat competition, disaccord, discord, dispute, dissension, emulation, enmity, enviousness, envy, feud, fractiousness, friction, gamesmanship, grudging, grudgingness, hostility, inimicalness, invidia, invidiousness, jealousy, jockeying, lifemanship, negativeness, noncooperation, obstinacy, one-upmanship, oppugnancy, perverseness, recalcitrance, refractoriness, repugnance, strife, striving, tug-of-war, uncooperativeness, warfare