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arch-rival

arch-rival is the alternative form of archrival.

Meaning of archrival

Noun

archrival (plural archrivals)

  1. A chief rival.
    • The New York Yankees are playing their archrival the Boston Red Sox tonight.
    Synonyms:
    archcompetitor

Forms of arch-rival

pluralarch-rivals

Origin of arch-rival

From arch- + rival.

Words that rhyme with arch-rival

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Questions about arch-rival

What is arch-rival the alternative form of?
Arch-rival is the alternative form of archrival.

Words near arch-rival in the dictionary

  1. arch-pirates
  2. arch-poet
  3. arch-poets
  4. arch-practitioner
  5. arch-practitioners
  6. arch-rival
  7. arch-rivalries
  8. arch-rivalry
  9. arch-rivals
  10. arch-rogue
  11. arch-rogues

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Adapted from Wiktionary: arch-rival (page history and authors); archrival (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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