Meanings
nounarchrival (plural archrivals)
plural archrivals · alternative arch rival · alternative arch-rival
- A chief rival.
The New York Yankees are playing their archrival the Boston Red Sox tonight.
Synonyms: archcompetitor
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA chief rival.
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂er-der.?
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ergʰ-der.?
- Ancient Greekἄρχω (árkhō)
- Ancient Greekἀρχι- (arkhi-)
- Latinarchi-
- Old Englisharċe-
- Middle Englisharch-
- Englisharch-
- Englishrival
- Englisharchrival
Translations
German Erzrivale, Erzrivalin
- Erzrivalechief rival
- Erzrivalinchief rival
Polish arcywróg
- arcywrógchief rival
Portuguese arquirrival
- arquirrivalchief rival
Spanish archirrival
- archirrivalchief rival
Swedish ärkerival
- ärkerivalchief rival
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with archrival
arrivalsurvivalrivalrevivalgingivalconjunctivaladjectivalnivalperspectivalsubgingivalinfinitivalablativalaccusativalbuccogingivalcorneoconjunctivalcorrivaldativaldeprivalderivaldiminutivaldistogingivalestivalgenitivalgerundival
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
archrival. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/archrival
MLA
“archrival.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/archrival. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “archrival,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/archrival.
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