with friends like these who needs enemies
struggle
battle
conflict
rivalrous
more than friends
emulatory
corrival
encounterer
gangpile
pile on
oppositionality
rivalry
duel
vying
coopetitor
smell blood
chemistry
full-court press
mateship
if you can't beat them, join them
ideological barrier
field
feudlike
adversariality
outcompetition
oppugner
adversarialness
mano a mano
adjunct
symmachy
adversary
nose-to-nose
affiliation
Judas
feuding
rivalsome
co-vilification
measure swords with someone
corrivalry
homophily
frenemyship
opposition
backstabber
paromology
titanic
paromologia
parley
standoff
accompliceship
face to face
contest
interponent
trench warfare
Titanic
one-on-one
kin
heterotropic
anaclitic
daisy chain
interchange
smackdown
interactionally
outrival
adversarially
paragon
outvie
stepfriend
tempest-tossed
make nice
reciprocation
give-and-take
concurrent
interinhibitive
in competition
interinhibitory
rivalrously
oppugnant
jar
war
double standard
warfare
partaker
fraternize
in your face
heterophyly
personality clash
interacting
interassociate
carry
battle of the sexes
cahoot
rival
overempathic
confrontation
dance
familiarity breeds contempt
cohort
Hobbesian