rivals is a form of:

Rival



noun
1.
~ (to somebody / something) (for in such) (a satisfactory substitute, competitor; person trying to achieve the same particular goal as another; competing acting as a rival or rivals) គូប្រជែង
Example: Rivals for a prize, Khmer kick boxers are without rivals, Rival business houses, the rival stores, Sopheak rivaled her sister in beauty.
2.
គូប្រជែង
adjective
1.
ដែលប្រជែង, ដែលប្រកួតគ្នា, នៃគូប្រជែង, ប្រកួត, នៃអ្នកប្រណាំងប្រជែង, ប្រដេញរឺប្រជែង
Example: A new rival for the title of champion.
verbpast tense: rivaled ; past participle: rivaled ; present participle: rivaling ;
1.
(TRANSITIVE) (To strive to equal or excel, to be comparable to, to seem or be as good as; to try to be as good as or outdo) អាចប្រកួត (នឹង), ប្រៀបបាន (នឹង)
2.
អាចប្រៀបផ្ទឹមបាន
  • rival faction
    - ក្រុមដែលជាគូប្រជែងនឹងគ្នា
  • rival group
    - ក្រុមដែលជាគូប្រជែងនឹងគ្នា
ENGLISH MEANING
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
1.
Having the same pretensions or claims; standing in competition for superiority; as, rival lovers; rival claims or pretensions.
verbpast tense: rivaled ; past participle: rivaled ; present participle: rivaling ;
1.
(TRANSITIVE) To stand in competition with; to strive to gain some object in opposition to; as, to rival one in love.
2.
(TRANSITIVE) To strive to equal or exel; to emulate.
3.
(INTRANSITIVE) To be in rivalry.
1.
adversary, antagonist, competitor, contestant, enemy, foe, opponent
1.
ally, comrade, confederate, teammate