2 results for: Rivaled

ri·val

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l] Pronunciation Key noun, adjective, verb, -valed, -val·ing or (especially British

) -valled, -val·ling.

–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 -al¹

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—Related forms

ri·val·less, adjective

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

—Antonyms 1. ally.