n. | 1. | A person having a common right or privilege with another; a partner. |
2. | One who is in pursuit of the same object as another; one striving to reach or obtain something which another is attempting to obtain, and which one only can posses; a competitor; | |
a. | 1. | Having the same pretensions or claims; standing in competition for superiority; |
v. t. | 1. | To stand in competition with; to strive to gain some object in opposition to; |
2. | To strive to equal or exel; to emulate. | |
v. i. | 1. | To be in rivalry. |
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Verb | 1. | rival - be equal to in quality or ability; "Nothing can rival cotton for durability"; "Your performance doesn't even touch that of your colleagues"; "Her persistence and ambition only matches that of her parents" |
2. | rival - be the rival of, be in competition with; "we are rivaling for first place in the race" |