Usually means: Main competitor, often long-standing opposition.
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  1. arch-rival: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. arch-rival: Wordnik
  3. arch-rival, arch rival: Wiktionary

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▸ noun:  Alternative form of archrival [A chief rival.]

Similar:
arch-rival, arch rivalry, arch-rivalry, arch-enemy, arch-leader, arch-chief, corival, arch-criminal, archaiser, arch-commander, more...

Opposite:
ally, friend, supporter, comrade

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Similar:
arch-rival, arch rivalry, arch-rivalry, arch-enemy, arch-leader, arch-chief, corival, arch-criminal, archaiser, arch-commander, more...

Opposite:
ally, friend, supporter, comrade



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