Rival and Total

Rival

Rival verb - To engage in a contest.

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

Nearby Words: rivalry, rivaled, rivaling, rivalled

Total verb - To have a total of.

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Rival and total are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Rival" instead a verb "Total".

Nearby Words: totaled, tot, totality, totaling, totalled

good	good rival	good total
best	best rival	best total
certain	certain rival	certain total
current	current rival	current total
Other adjectives: initial, powerful, actual, big, potential, new, possible, final, primary, last.

It's because Eiji is such a total fanboy of the protagonist's work that he barely seems capable of understanding why he'd consider him his rival.

Source: Unknown Rival
Hakuoh and Kokujo from Duel Masters, the former doing a total 180 in every aspect after Shobu beats him, while the latter never really stops being the rival, softening only the slightest bit.

Source: The Rival / Anime and Manga
In Saints Row 2, the player character is a total sociopath, but so are the leaders of the rival gangs.

Source: Evil Versus Evil / Video Games

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