rivalling Definition

rival
noun

1. A person or group of people competing with another for the same objective or in the same field.

Thesaurus: adversary, competitor, opponent, challenger, contender, antagonist, contestant, emulator; Antonym: associate, colleague, co-worker.
2. Someone or something that is comparable with or equals another in quality, ability, etc.

Thesaurus: equal, match, peer, fellow, compeer.

adj

1. Standing as a rival; in competition for the same objective or in the same field.

Example: rival companies

verb rivalled, rivalling, rivaled, rivaling

1. To try to gain the same objective as someone or something else; to be in competition with them.

Thesaurus: compete against, oppose, contend with, vie with; Antonym: cooperate with.
2. To try to equal or be better than someone or something else.
3. To equal or be comparable with someone or something else, in terms of quality, ability, etc.

Thesaurus: match, emulate, equal.

Derivative: rivalless
adj

Etymology: 16c: from Latin rivalis, originally meaning ‘someone who uses the same stream as another', from rivus a stream.