rivalrous

Speech parts

1. rivalrous - Adjective

2. rivalrous - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

eager to surpass others

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

emulous competitive rival aggressive bitter ambitious antagonist adversary aspiring antagonistic self-seeking competitory begrudging competitress adversarial
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Antonyms

comrade assistant pal buddy chum friend
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Examples

His explorations of his feelings of hostility to his father and rivalrous jealousy over his mother's affections led him to fundamentally revise his theory of the origin of the neuroses. Source: Internet

They argue such an analogy fails because physical property is generally rivalrous while intellectual works are non-rivalrous (that is, if one makes a copy of a work, the enjoyment of the copy does not prevent enjoyment of the original). Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

rivalled rivalless rivalling rivalrously rivalrousness rivalry