Rival
Struggle
Struggle verb - To proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually.
Rival and struggle are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Rival" instead a verb "Struggle".
Nearby Words: struggled, struggling
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| good | good rival | good struggle |
| initial | initial rival | initial struggle |
| popular | popular rival | popular struggle |
| real | real rival | real struggle |
| Other adjectives: big, great, serious, fierce, bitter, main, social, personal, new, major, political, final, eternal, classic, last, lifelong, biggest. | ||
Common collocations
| many | rival many | struggle many |
| machine | rival machine | struggle machine |
| protagonist | rival protagonist | struggle protagonist |
Both words in one sentence
- Soon, he is caught up between the Roses, rival houses whose struggle for superiority entails a fight to the death.
Source: Literature / The Heir Chronicles - The capital province of Cyrodiil falls into civil war as rival warlords struggle for the throne.
Source: Vestigial Empire - The world of the future however, is not a happy one, and it's ruled by rival ultra-gigantic corporations that struggle against each other for the rights to settle and exploit worlds.
Source: Video Game / Zephyr
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