A competitor (person, team, company, etc.) who is well known to another and has similar skills and achievements. Defeating a rival may be a primary or necessary goal of a competitor
be equal to in quality or ability; "Nothing can rival cotton for durability"; "Your performance doesn't even touch that of your colleagues"; "Her persistence and ambition only matches that of her parents"
be the rival of, be in competition with; "we are rivaling for first place in the race
If you say that one thing rivals another, you mean that they are both of the same standard or quality. Cassette recorders cannot rival the sound quality of CDs. rivalled rivalling rivaled rivaling to be as good or important as someone or something else unrivalled
the contestant you hope to defeat; "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing" be the rival of, be in competition with; "we are rivaling for first place in the race
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
If you say that someone or something has no rivals or is without rival, you mean that it is best of its type. a wonderfully fragrant wine which has no rivals in the Rhone