Rival adjectives are listed in this post. Each word below can often be found in front of the noun rival in the same sentence. This reference page can help answer the question what are some adjectives commonly used for describing RIVAL.
ai, ambitious, american, ancient, big, biggest, bitter, chief, close, closest, commercial, dangerous, deadly, democratic, detested, dreaded
early, economic, english, envious, european, fair, famous, favoured, foreign, former, formidable, fortunate, french, friendly, future, generous
german, great, greater, greatest, happy, hated, haughty, ideological, illustrious, imperial, important, jealous, late, literary, longtime, main
major, maritime, mean, mighty, military, natural, nearest, new, northern, old, older, only, other, own, personal, political
popular, possible, potent, potential, powerful, primary, principal, professional, proud, real, republican, romantic, serious, sole, strong, stronger
successful, supposed, time, traditional, triumphant, troublesome, unfortunate, unsuccessful, unworthy, victorious, worthy, young, younger, youthful
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