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rivaled

VERB

oppose; be a match for

Synonyms

STRONGEST

emulate equal resemble

STRONG

amount approach approximate compete contend contest correspond match meet near partake tie touch

WEAK

bear comparison with come near to come up to compare with go after go for jockey for position measure up to rivalize scramble for seek to displace vie with

Antonyms

STRONG

disconnect give up leave

WEAK

aid assist cooperate help support

Example Sentences

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DeepSeek hasn’t raised outside funds from investors even after it turned heads in Silicon Valley and Wall Street with a powerful AI model early last year that rivaled those of titans such as OpenAI.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

The extent to which he has reshaped U.S. politics and society is rivaled by few of his predecessors; presidents such as Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026

“It’s only rivaled by the ‘84 Sarajevo team.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2026

With “Gotham at War,” completing his epic “Gotham” trilogy, Mike Wallace, a historian emeritus at John Jay College, has come closer than anyone else and is unlikely to be rivaled anytime soon.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

I was seven, and I had no front teeth, legs that rivaled a giraffe’s, and a fully grown nose.

From "Watch Us Rise" by Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan