rival

Meanings

Noun

• 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.
• Someone or something with similar claims of quality or distinction as another.
• One having a common right or privilege with another; a partner.

Adjective

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

Verb

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

Related

Narrower meaning words

• rivaless

Origin

• From Latin rīvālis, from rīvus.