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Definitions for Rival

[1] a person who is competing for the same object or goal as another, or who tries to equal or outdo another; competitor.
[2] a person or thing that is in a position to dispute another's preeminence or superiority: a stadium without a rival.
[3] Obsolete . a companion in duty.
[4] competing or standing in rivalry: rival suitors; rival businesses.
[5] to compete with in rivalry: strive to win from, equal, or outdo.
[6] to prove to be a worthy rival of: He soon rivaled the others in skill.
[7] to equal (something) as if in carrying on a rivalry: The Hudson rivals any European river in beauty.
[8] to engage in rivalry; compete.
[9] 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
[10] a person or thing that is considered the equal of another or others she is without rival in the field of economics
[11] to be the equal or near equal of an empire that rivalled Rome
[12] to try to equal or surpass; compete with in rivalry

Words related to Rival

competing, competitor, contender, competition, challenger, peer, adversary, opponent, emulate, equal, resemble, conflicting, opposed, cutthroat, combatant, battling, vying, combating, contesting

Words nearby Rival

ritz, ritz combination principle, ritzy, riv., rivage, rival, rivalrous, rivalry, rivals, the, rive, rivel

Origin of Rival

1570–80; < Latin rīvālis orig., one who uses a stream in common with another, equivalent to rīv(us ) stream + -ālis -al1

Other words from Rival

ri·val·less , adjective
non·ri·val , noun, adjective
out·ri·val , 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

Word origin for Rival

C16: from Latin rīvalis , literally: one who shares the same brook, from rīvus a brook

Synonyms for Rival

competing, battling, combatant, combating, conflicting, contending, contesting, cutthroat, disputing, emulating, equal, opposed, striving, vying, competitive, emulous