A competitor (person, team, company, etc.) with the same goal as another, or striving to attain the same thing. Defeating a rival may be a primary or necessary goal of a competitor.

Having the same pretensions or claims; standing in competition for superiority.

(transitive) To oppose or compete with. / To be equal to, or match, or to surpass another. / To strive to equal or excel; to emulate.

(US) simple past tense and past participle of rival

(British spelling) simple past tense and past participle of rival

plural of rival

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rival

(UK) present participle of rival

(US) present participle of rival

plural of rivality