Fight and Rival

Fight

Fight verb - To engage in a contest.

Usage example: everyone on that street seems to be fighting to see who can create the gaudiest holiday lighting display

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Rival and fight are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rival" instead the word "Fight" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: fighting, fighter

Rival verb - To engage in a contest.

Usage example: two longtime friends who have rivaled for the same things at every stage of their lives

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Fight and rival are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fight" instead the word "Rival" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: rivalry, rivaled, rivaling, rivalled

good	good fight	good rival
best	best fight	best rival
direct	direct fight	direct rival
original	original fight	original rival
Other adjectives: initial, true, actual, real, big, great, serious, bad, main, famous, new, major, final, last, designated, aforementioned.

god	fight god	rival god
villain	fight villain	rival villain
brother	fight brother	rival brother
war	fight war	rival war
Other words: anyone, opponent, forces, enemies, vampires.

You don't fight him or Zankuro, instead you fight your rival with The AI of an SNK Boss.

Source: SNK Boss / SNK Playmore
This is emphasized in X and Y, where if the two rival species appear in a Horde Battle, they'll fight each other instead of your Pokémon.

Source: The Rival / Video Games
And the supporters make fight songs too — sometimes "attack songs" about the team's archrival (which can be sung before any game, without said rival playing) or a rival player.

Source: Football Fight Song

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