Fighting and Rival

Fighting

Fighting adjective - Engaged in or ready for military or naval operations.

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Rival and fighting are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rival" instead an adjective "Fighting".

Nearby Words: fight, fighter

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

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Fighting and rival are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fighting" instead an adjective "Rival".

Nearby Words: rivalry, rivaled, rivaling, rivalled

old	old fighting	old rival
good	good fighting	good rival
female	female fighting	female rival
best	best fighting	best rival
Other adjectives: direct, actual, real, great, serious, bad, fierce, bitter, main, personal, ultimate, major.

Or you may instead end the Story Mode fighting against another player character specifically designated as your character's rival.

Source: Fighting Game
The poster boys Date Masamune and Sanada Yukimura, whose routes in the game will inevitably end up revolving around fighting their one true rival.

Source: Blood Knight / Video Games
In another SNK series, Genjuro Kibagami debuts in Samurai Shodown 2 as a more directly involved rival to Haohmaru compared to historically-inspired rival Ukyo Tachibana; since then they have been the series' traditional fighting game Shotoclone-rivals.

Source: Iconic Sequel Character

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