| rival | |
| 1. n. 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. | |
| Chris is my biggest rival in the 400-metre race. | |
| 2. n. Someone or something with similar claims of quality or distinction as another. | |
| As a social historian, he has no rival. | |
| 3. n. (obsolete) One having a common right or privilege with another; a partner. | |
| 4. adj. Having the same pretensions or claims; standing in competition for superiority. | |
| rival lovers; rival claims or pretensions | |
| 5. v. To oppose or compete with. | |
| to rival somebody in love | |
| 6. v. To be equal to, or match, or to surpass another. | |
| 7. v. To strive to equal or excel; to emulate. | |
