Hyphenation of rival

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word rival? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

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Definitions of rival:

1.	The contestant you hope to defeat He had respect for his rivals He wanted to know what the competition was doing
2.	Be equal to in quality or ability Nothing can rival cotton for durability Your performance doesn't even touch that of your colleagues Her persistence and ambition only matches that of her parents
3.	Be the rival of, be in competition with We are rivaling for first place in the race

Synonyms of rival:

noun	challenger, competitor, competition, contender, contestant
verb	equal, touch, match, compete, vie, contend
verb	compete, vie, contend

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.