Word Meaning

rivals definition and meaning

n. A person having a common right or privilege with another; a partner.
n. 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.
a. Having the same pretensions or claims; standing in competition for superiority; as, rival lovers; rival claims or pretensions.
v. t. To stand in competition with; to strive to gain some object in opposition to; as, to rival one in love.
v. t. To strive to equal or exel; to emulate.
v. i. To be in rivalry.

Crossword clues for rivals

- Challenger
- Competitor
- Opponent
- Competitors
- The six latest arrivals are opponents