Aid and Rival

Opposite meaning words

Aid verb - To provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end.

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Rival is an antonym for aid.

Nearby Words: aids, aided, aide, aiding, aider

Rival verb - To engage in a contest.

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Aid is an antonym for rival in oppose topic.

Nearby Words: rivalry, rivaled, rivaling, rivalled

specific	specific aid	specific rival
direct	direct aid	direct rival
powerful	powerful aid	powerful rival
actual	actual aid	actual rival
Other adjectives: real, great, ultimate, possible, competent, said.

character	aid character	rival character
master	aid master	rival master
children	aid children	rival children
tactics	aid tactics	rival tactics
Other words: anyone, protagonist, forces, batman.

Even so, with friends rallying to their aid and a former rival fighting by their side, in this strange aeon even death may die.

Source: Fanfic Recs / My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic Crossover
Realizing their new rival is the US, the Soviets make sure (through sabotage and covert aid to Japan) that America is tied up with the Pacific War.

Source: Sliding Scale of Alternate History Plausibility
Also, from the song "My Rival": "He's got a scar across his face / and he wears a hearing aid / Sure he's a jolly roger / until he answers for his crime"

Source: Good Scars, Evil Scars

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