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ri⋅val

  [rahy-vuhl] noun, adjective, verb, -valed, -val⋅ing or (especially British) -valled, -val⋅ling.
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–noun
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.
–adjective
4. competing or standing in rivalry: rival suitors; rival businesses.
–verb (used with object)
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.
–verb (used without object)
8. to engage in rivalry; compete.
Origin:
1570–80; < L rīvālis orig., one who uses a stream in common with another, equiv. to rīv(us) stream + -ālis -al 1

Related forms:
ri⋅val⋅less, adjective

Synonyms:
1. contestant, emulator, antagonist. See opponent. 4. competitive, opposed. 5. oppose. 7. match, emulate.

Antonyms:
1. ally.
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ri·val   (rī'vəl)   
n.  

  1. One who attempts to equal or surpass another, or who pursues the same object as another; a competitor.

  2. One that equals or almost equals another in a particular respect.

  3. Obsolete A companion or an associate in a particular duty.

v.   ri·valed or ri·valled, ri·val·ing or ri·val·ling, ri·vals

v.   tr.

  1. To attempt to equal or surpass.

  2. To be the equal of; match: "They achieved more than they had ever dreamed, lending a magic to their family story that no tale or ordinary life could possibly rival" (Doris Kearns Goodwin).

v.   intr.
To be a competitor or rival; compete.

[Latin rīvālis, one using the same stream as another, a rival, from rīvus, stream; see rei- in Indo-European roots.]
Synonyms: These verbs mean to seek to equal or surpass another. Rival is the most general: "His ambition led him to rival the career of Edmund Burke" (Henry Adams).
To compete is to contend with another or others to attain a goal, as a victory in a contest: Local hardware stores can't compete with discount outlets.
Vie, often interchangeable with compete, sometimes stresses the challenge implicit in rivalry: The top three students vied for the title of valedictorian.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

rival  (n.)
1577, from L. rivalis "a rival," originally, "one who uses the same stream" (or "one on the opposite side of the stream"), from rivus "brook" (see rivulet). The notion is of the competitiveness of neighbors. The verb is first attested 1605.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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