emulous
1 synonym for emulous, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Adj — Eager to succeed or to do better than others.
Synonyms
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
rivalrous
Etymology
From Middle English emulous, from Latin aemulus (“striving to equal or excel, rivaling; in a bad sense, envious, jealous”) + -ous, from Ancient Greek ἁμιλλάομαι (hamilláomai, “strive, contend”), akin to Latin imitari (“to imitate”); see imitate.
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