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rivalless

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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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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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