— rivalless , adj.
/ruy"veuhl/ , n., adj., v., rivaled, rivaling or ( esp. Brit. ) rivalled, rivalling .
n.
1. a person who is competing for the same object or goal as another, or who tries to equal or outdo another; competitor.
2. a person or thing that is in a position to dispute another's preeminence or superiority: a stadium without a rival.
3. Obs. a companion in duty.
adj.
4. competing or standing in rivalry: rival suitors; rival businesses.
v.t.
5. to compete with in rivalry: strive to win from, equal, or outdo.
6. to prove to be a worthy rival of: He soon rivaled the others in skill.
7. to equal (something) as if in carrying on a rivalry: The Hudson rivals any European river in beauty.
v.i.
8. to engage in rivalry; compete.
[ 1570-80; rivalis orig., one who uses a stream in common with another, equiv. to riv ( us ) stream + -alis -AL 1 ]
Syn. 1. contestant, emulator, antagonist. See opponent. 4. competitive, opposed. 5. oppose. 7. match, emulate.
Ant. 1. ally.