Rival — Defs

01 n. A person having a common right or privilege with another; a partner.

1.
A person having a common right or privilege with another; a partner.[Obs.]
“If you do meet Horatio and Marcellus, The rivals of my watch, bid them make haste.” — Shak.
2.
One who is in pursuit of the same object as another; one striving to reach or obtain something which another is attempting to obtain, and which one only can posses; a competitor; as, rivals in love; rivals for a crown.

Syn. Competitor; emulator; antagonist.

02 a. Having the same pretensions or claims; standing in competition for superiority; as, rival lovers; rival claims or pretensions.

1.
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.

03 v. t. To stand in competition with; to strive to gain some object in opposition to; as, to rival one in love.

imp. & p. p. Rivaled; p. pr. & vb. n. Rivaling

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.

04 v. i. To be in rivalry.