Rival
Tie
Tie verb - To produce something equal to (as in quality or value).
Usage example: at the class reunion we learned that he had won the Nobel Prize in medicine—how could the rest of us tie that?
Rival and tie are semantically related in equal topic. Sometimes you can use "Rival" instead a verb "Tie".
Nearby Word: tied
How words are described
| old | old rival | old tie |
| direct | direct rival | direct tie |
| strong | strong rival | strong tie |
| real | real rival | real tie |
| Other adjectives: big, dark, new, last, red, closest, iconic. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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The video for Michael Jackson's "Beat It" has two rival gang leaders tie their hands to each other for the world's most stylized knife fight.
Source: Chained Heat -
But he didn't win... it was his rival, some random underdog, a write-in vote, or a tie, or a mix and match of those things.
Source: Assumed Win -
They manage to tie with their rival Eiji's manga at the height of their first manga's popularity, but Mashiro is hospitalized for overworking, and their manga is ultimately canceled.
Source: Yank the Dog's Chain
Cite this Source
Tie and Rival. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/rival/tie
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