Meaning of Rival | Babel Free

Definitions

1. That competes or fight with another with the end to surpass it or to obtain the same.
2. 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.
3. With comparable skills (to the ones of an equal).
4. Someone or something with similar claims of quality or distinction as another.
5. One having a common right or privilege with another; a partner.
   obsolete

Equivalents

Examples

“Chris is my biggest rival in the 400-metre race.”

“Every day is like survival / You're my lover, not my rival”

“The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about […], or offering services that let you[…] "share the things you love with the world" and so on. But the real way to build a successful online business is to be better than your rivals at undermining people's control of their own attention.”

“As a social historian, he has no rival.”

“If you do meet Horatio and Marcellus, / The rivals of my watch, bid them make haste.”

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