emulous

Speech parts

1. emulous - Adjective

2. emulous - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Ambitiously desirous to equal or even to excel another; eager to emulate or vie with another; desirous of like excellence with another; -- with of; as, emulous of another's example or virtues.

Vying with; rivaling; hence, contentious, envious.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

rivalrous active committed competitive rival aggressive bitter ambitious assured bent bold confident brutal competitor addiction

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Antonyms

content passive casual idle careless discontinuous

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Related terms

emulate emulation

Examples

Friendship craves The commerce of the mind, not the exchange Of emulous feasts that foster sycophants. Alfred Austin

Close letter words and terms

emulgence emulgent emulgent artery emulously emulousness emulsan