Competition
Synonyms for rivalry
The synonym for rivalry recorded in this bank is competition, in the sense "an ongoing state of competing against another for the same goal". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for rivalry
- competitionnoun, in the sense "an ongoing state of competing against another for the same goal"
One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day rivalry is audited in a second meaning.
an ongoing state of competing against another for the same goal
The rivalry between the two teams stretched back decades.
The true synonym
competition
Same sentence, swapped: The competition between the two teams stretched back decades.
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot rivalry is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- friendship
- alliance
- partnership
Where rivalry turns up in the game
rivalry is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in four other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where rivalry is the trap
- camaraderienoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is friendship, in the sense "a spirit of mutual trust and friendship among people who spend time together", so rivalry is there to be ruled out.
- clashnoun, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is skirmish, in the sense "a brief, sudden fight or violent confrontation", and rivalry is one of the three tiles that lose.
- duplicitynoun, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is deceit, in the sense "deceitfulness; concealing one's true intentions", and rivalry is one of the three tiles that lose.
- magnanimitynoun, Tier 5, Summit. The answer there is beneficence, in the sense "generosity of spirit, especially toward a rival", with rivalry sitting one tile away.
Play rivalry
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so rivalry reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other competition words at Foothills, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. rivalry carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.