Syn.
— Competitor; emulator; antagonist.
RIVAL
Ri"val, a.
Defn: Having the same pretensions or claims; standing in competition for superiority; as, rival lovers; rival claims or pretensions. The strenuous conflicts and alternate victories of two rival confederacies of statesmen. Macaulay.
RIVAL
Ri"val, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rivaled or Rivalled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Rivaling or Rivalling.]
1. To stand in competition with; to strive to gain some object in opposition to; as, to rival one in love.
2. To strive to equal or exel; to emulate. To rival thunder in its rapid course. Dryden.
RIVAL
Ri"val, v. i.
Defn: To be in rivalry. [Obs.] Shak.
RIVALESS
Ri"val*ess, n.
Defn: A female rival. [Obs.] Richardson.