5 letter words starting with riv

Looking for a clue for todays Wordle or another Word game? Look no further! We got you covered. We got a few plausible five letter words starting with riv.

  • RIVAL
  • RIVAS
  • RIVED
  • RIVEL
  • RIVEN
  • RIVER
  • RIVES
  • RIVET

Sometimes the solution is an uncommon word, then It’s time to learn something new. Here’s the definition of a few of these words:

Definition of rival

rival (noun)

  1. A competitor (person, team, company, etc.) with the same goal as another, or striving to attain the same thing. Defeating a rival may be a primary or necessary goal of a competitor.
  2. Someone or something with similar claims of quality or distinction as another.
  3. One having a common right or privilege with another; a partner.

rival (verb)

  1. To oppose or compete with.
  2. To be equal to, or match, or to surpass another.
  3. To strive to equal or excel; to emulate.

rival (adjective)

  1. Having the same pretensions or claims; standing in competition for superiority.


Definition of rived

rived (verb)

  1. To tear apart by force; to rend; to split; to cleave.
  2. To pierce or cleave with a weapon.

Definition of river

river (noun)

  1. A large and often winding stream which drains a land mass, carrying water down from higher areas to a lower point, oftentimes ending in another body of water, such as an ocean or in an inland sea.
  2. Any large flow of a liquid in a single body.
  3. The last card dealt in a hand.
  4. A visually undesirable effect of white space running down a page, caused by spaces between words on consecutive lines happening to coincide.

river (verb)

  1. To improve one’s hand to beat another player on the final card in a poker game.

river (noun)

  1. One who rives or splits.

Definition of rives

rives (noun)

  1. A place torn; a rent; a rift.

rives (verb)

  1. To tear apart by force; to rend; to split; to cleave.
  2. To pierce or cleave with a weapon.

rives (noun)

  1. A bank or shore.