The Clue
Adversary (5 letter answer)
The Answer
RIVAL
Tags
Notes
The answer RIVAL is common and appears about once every 275 puzzles.
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Definition
RIVAL as a noun:
1. (rival, challenger, competitor, competition, contender) = the contestant you hope to defeat; "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing"
RIVAL as a verb:
1. (equal, touch, rival, match) = 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"
2. be the rival of, be in competition with; "we are rivaling for first place in the race"