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CPS HSAT Vocabulary · Tier 1

rival

noun

Definition

a competitor

In a sentence

They were friendly rivals on the chess team.

Similar words

  • competitor
  • opponent

Why this word matters: rival appears in academic reading at the 8th-grade level and is exactly the type of word that shows up on the CPS HSAT Reading section. Practice it in context with our spaced-repetition system at vocabulary.