Make and Rival

Make

Make verb - To obtain (as a goal) through effort.

Usage example: we finally made it!

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Rival and make are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rival" instead a verb "Make".

Nearby Words: makeup, making, maker

Rival verb - To engage in a contest.

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Make and rival are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Make" instead a verb "Rival".

Nearby Words: rivalry, rivaled, rivaling, rivalled

old	old make	old rival
good	good make	good rival
female	female make	female rival
best	best make	best rival
Other adjectives: specific, direct, true, legitimate, popular, powerful, actual, real, big, great, dangerous, bad, dark, main, new, major, possible, last, strongest.

At the PokéBall factory, your snarky rival is able to make a female Grunt very angry by asking if she's there to "work a part-time job to pay for that dumb suit." Shifting Sand Land: Route 13.

Source: Video Game / Pokémon X and Y
The rival had told him this just because he knew it would make his rival angry and this only escalated the rivalry between the two of them.

Source: Opposites Attract Revenge
A country that doesn't make it to the finals will usually feel better about it if their rival doesn't make it either.

Source: Series / Eurovision Song Contest

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