rivalrous

1. 1.

   eager to surpass others

   Synonymsemulous

   Similarcompetitive

Questions about rivalrous

What does rivalrous mean?

rivalrous means "eager to surpass others".

How many syllables are in rivalrous?

rivalrous has 3 syllables: ri-val-rous. The stress falls on "ri".

What is another word for rivalrous?

Close synonyms include emulous. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is rivalrous a common word?

rivalrous is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.