Bully and Rival

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Bully noun - A person who teases, threatens, or hurts smaller or weaker persons.

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Rival and bully are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rival" instead a noun "Bully".

Nearby Words: bull, bullying, bullied, bulled, bulling

Rival noun - One that is equal to another in status, achievement, or value.

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Bully and rival are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bully" instead a noun "Rival".

Nearby Words: rivalry, rivaled, rivaling, rivalled

fellow	fellow bully	fellow rival
old	old bully	old rival
good	good bully	good rival
female	female bully	female rival
Other adjectives: certain, original, true, strong, actual, real, big, arrogant, bad, main, new, professional, major, jealous, former, ruthless, said, biggest.

country	bully country	rival country
brother	bully brother	rival brother
anyone	bully anyone	rival anyone
opponent	bully opponent	rival opponent
Other words: protagonist, likes, America, creators.

Mugging the Monster: A bully and rival for Murano's affections tries to beat up Shinichi.

Source: Manga / Parasyte
Lastly, Devadatta (played by Arthur Darvill), A.K.A, Contaminant, a rival and bully of Siddhartha's, who bonded with an ancient energy to dispose of Spider-Buddha.

Source: Just For Fun / Spider Buddha
In Robert Westall's The Machine Gunners this role is filled by Boddser Brown, the Garmouth Grammar School bully and Chas McGill's most avid rival in the great game of collecting war souvenirs.

Source: The Bully

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