Definition of archrival - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

competitionmain opponent in a competition or conflict

The two teams have been archrivals for decades.

businessmost significant competitor in a business market

The company sees them as their archrival in the industry.

competitor

opponent

rival

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Origin of archrival

Latin, archi- (chief) + rivalis (rival)

Examples of archrival in a sentence

Facing his archrival, he felt the pressure mounting.
Their archrival launched a new product line this year.
In the tech world, they are considered the archrival.

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French:adversaire, principal concurrent, ...
German:Erzrivale, ...
Italian:acerrimo rivale, arcirivale, ...
Spanish:archirrival, ...
Portuguese:rival, arquirrival, ...
Chinese:死对头, 主要竞争对手, ...
Japanese:宿敵, 最大のライバル, ...
Arabic:الخَصْم اللَّدود, المُنافِس الرَئيسي, ...
Hebrew:יְרִיב מוּשְׁבָּע, יָרִיב מֻשְׁבָּע, ...
Russian:главный соперник, главный конкурент, ...
Ukrainian:головний суперник, головний конкурент, ...
Hindi:कट्टर प्रतिद्वंद्वी, प्रमुख प्रतिद्वंद्वी, ...
Bengali:প্রধান প্রতিদ্বন্দ্বী, মুখ্য প্রতিদ্বন্দ্বী, ...
Catalan:arxirival, rival principal, ...
Czech:úhlavní rival, hlavní konkurent, ...
Danish:ærkerival, hovedkonkurrent, ...
Dutch:aartsrivaal, ...
Greek:ορκισμένος αντίπαλος, κύριος ανταγωνιστής, ...
Hungarian:ősellenség, ősrivális, ...
Khmer:គូប្រជែងដ៏សំខាន់, គូប្រជែងដ៏ធំបំផុត, ...
Korean:숙적, 주요 경쟁자, ...
Persian:رقیب اصلی, رقیب سرسخت, ...
Polish:odwieczny rywal, główny rywal, ...
Portuguese (BR):rival, ...
Romanian:rival, rival principal, ...
Swedish:ärkerival, ...
Thai:คู่ปรับ, คู่แข่งหลัก, ...
Turkish:ezeli rakip, en önemli rakip, ...
Vietnamese:đối thủ truyền kiếp, đối thủ lớn nhất, ...

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