rival

noun

Pronunciation: /ˈɹaɪvəl/

Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin rīvālis (literally “person using the same stream as another”). By surface analysis, Latin rīvus + -al.

Having the same pretensions or claims; standing in competition for superiority.
“rival lovers”
“rival claims or pretensions”

Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin rīvālis (literally “person using the same stream as another”). By surface analysis, Latin rīvus + -al.

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.
“Chris is my biggest rival in the 400-metre race.”
“Every day is like survival / You're my lover, not my rival”
Someone or something with similar claims of quality or distinction as another.
“As a social historian, he has no rival.”
One having a common right or privilege with another; a partner.
“If you do meet Horatio and Marcellus, / The rivals of my watch, bid them make haste.”

Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin rīvālis (literally “person using the same stream as another”). By surface analysis, Latin rīvus + -al.

To oppose or compete with.
“to rival somebody in love”
To be equal to, or match, or to surpass another.
“But the Waverley is still the best-placed station of any British city, and gives the arriving stranger a first impression rivalled in Europe only by the exclusively watery station approach at Venice.”
“The original family who had begun to build a palace to rival Nonesuch had died out before they had put up little more than the gateway, […].”
To strive to equal or excel; to emulate.
“to rival thunder in its rapid course”