rivalry

Converse of object

• renew: There is already a buzz in and around Bath ahead of a clash that will renew an old sporting rivalry.
• overcome: Humanism, I submit, can help humanity overcome ancient rivalries and create a new world order.
• enjoy: For many seasons during the Eighties, fans of both clubs enjoyed the local derby rivalry in the Isthmian League Premier Division.
• continue: Then we can continue the friendly rivalry between our two teams, already observed in Div 4!
• grow: March 2006 Widescreen Mark Cousins One of the great themes of film history has been the growing rivalry between Hollywood and Asian cinema.

Adjective modifier

• fierce: There will be fierce local rivalry in the South West.
• factional: Factional rivalry between the major families of France; the most important families in this issue were the Montmorency, Guise and Bourbon families.
• bitter: In their own churches they may have witnessed bitter rivalry among the elders.
• intense: Did you have an intense rivalry off the pitch too?
• imperialist: It also reflects imperialist rivalries in the Middle East.
• internecine: Ethnic programs, with the skin counts and internecine rivalries, debased equal opportunity into equal opportunism.

Preposition: between

• club: Of course the rivalry between the two clubs was never greater than just over forty years ago.
• nation: A spontaneous amphitheater developed to witness the rivalry between nations.
• power: Such rivalry between the big powers brings the prospect of war ever closer.

Noun used with modifier

• inter-imperialist: The kind of inter-imperialist rivalry that there was in 1914 or later is now much more muted.
• inter-service: This is further enriched by inter-service rivalry, individual's career considerations, and uncomfortable consciences, all of which impose their own editorials.
• sibling: Half of me thinks its a simple case of " the grass is greener " or sibling rivalry.
• superpower: How and why did the policies of either the USA or the USSR affect superpower rivalry between 1950 and 1970?
• clan: The idea of clan rivalry is vital to the natural flow of the storyline.
• sporting: There is already a buzz in and around Bath ahead of a clash that will renew an old sporting rivalry.