Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

outrival

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: out-rival
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To outperform; to outdo.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"I learned the first two tenses of the verb Être, and sketched my first cottage (whose walls, by-the-by, outrivalled in slope those of the leaning tower of Pisa) on the same day."

Etymology

From out- + rival.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: out

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

outrivals (present, singular) outrivaling (US, participle) outrivalling (UK, participle) outrivaled (US, participle) outrivaled (US, past) outrivalled (UK, participle) outrivalled (UK, past)

Synonyms

outvie

Rhymes With

arrival survival rival revival arch-rival gingival adjectival archrival conjunctival perspectival estival subconjunctival

Questions

What does outrival mean?: To outperform; to outdo.
Where does outrival come from?: From out- + rival.

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