Rival

Tamil Dictionary definitions for Rival

Rival : போட்டியாளர்; எதிரி

Rival : எதிரி,போட்டியாளர்,போட்டியாளர்;எதிரி

Rival definition

Noun.

  1. A person having a common right or privilege with another; a partner.
  2. 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.

Adjective. Having the same pretensions or claims; standing in competition for superiority; as, rival lovers; rival claims or pretensions.

Transitive verb.

  1. To stand in competition with; to strive to gain some object in opposition to; as, to rival one in love.
  2. To strive to equal or exel; to emulate.

Intransitive verb. To be in rivalry.