rival
a person who is competing for the same object or goal as another, or who tries to equal or outdo another; competitor.
a person or thing that is in a position to dispute another's preeminence or superiority: a stadium without a rival.
Obsolete. a companion in duty.
competing or standing in rivalry: rival suitors;rival businesses.
to compete with in rivalry; strive to win from, equal, or outdo.
to prove to be a worthy rival of: He soon rivaled the others in skill.
to equal (something) as if in carrying on a rivalry: The Hudson rivals any European river in beauty.
to engage in rivalry; compete.
Origin of rival
1synonym study For rival
Other words for rival
Opposites for rival
Other words from rival
- ri·val·less, adjective
- non·ri·val, noun, adjective
- outrival, verb (used with object), out·ri·valed, out·ri·val·ing or (especially British) out·ri·valled, out·ri·val·ling.
- un·ri·val·ing, adjective
- un·ri·val·ling, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for rival
/ (ˈraɪvəl) /
a person, organization, team, etc, that competes with another for the same object or in the same field
(as modifier): rival suitors; a rival company
a person or thing that is considered the equal of another or others: she is without rival in the field of economics
to be the equal or near equal of: an empire that rivalled Rome
to try to equal or surpass; compete with in rivalry
Origin of rival
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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