The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word EMULATE , but the solution may also be FOE which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Rival crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| EMULATE | 35 % | 7 |
| FOE | 35 % | 3 |
| VIE | 8 % | 3 |
| ENEMY | 6 % | 5 |
| EMULANT | 6 % | 7 |
| OPPONENT | 2 % | 8 |
| EMULATOR | 2 % | 8 |
| CONTENDER | 2 % | 9 |
| MATCH | 2 % | 5 |
| VIER | 2 % | 4 |
Why may VIE be the right solution?
The answer "VIE" is the right solution because it means to compete or contend with someone as a rival.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Rival
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- competitor
- competitory
- challenger
- competition
- competing
- contender
- competitive
- touch
- equal
- match
- rivalry
- vier
Crossword Answer definitions
EMULATE verb- To attempt to equal or be the same as.
- To copy or imitate, especially a person.
- To feel a rivalry with; to be jealous of, to envy.
- Of a program or device: to imitate another program or device
- Striving to excel; ambitious; emulous.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result EMULATE
More clues leading to the result FOE
- Adversary
- Word in a sentry's question
- Hostile force
- Rival
- Frenemy, e.g.
- Any member of the other team
- Dr. Evil, to Austin Powers
- Enemy
- Goldfinger, to Bond
- One locked in mortal combat
More clues leading to the result VIE
More clues leading to the result ENEMY
- Foe
- Antagonist
- No friend
- Opponent
- Bad guy
- Mortal ___
- Person on one of Nixon's lists
- Shredder, to Michaelangelo, e.g.
- Foeman
- Adversary
More clues leading to the result EMULANT
More clues leading to the result OPPONENT
- Adlai Stevenson, to 44 Down
- Frazier, to Ali
- Yankees, to the Red Sox
- Rival
- Adversary
- Antagonist
- Foe
- Adversary.
- Ali, to Frazier at Manila
- Tilden, to Hayes
More clues leading to the result EMULATOR
- Copy cat
- It will let you play Atari games on your computer
- Computer program, perhaps
- Copier
- Rival.
- Rival of a sort
- Mimic, in computerese
More clues leading to the result CONTENDER
More clues leading to the result MATCH
- Competition
- Concentration objective
- Struck item
- Contest
- Tennis contest
- Stick in a book
- Item in a book
- Go together
- "Three on a ___" (1932 Bette Davis melodrama)
- Lighter alternative