- 1. a. 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. Source: opted
- 2. a. Vying with; rivaling; hence, contentious, envious. Source: opted
- 3. adj. characterized by or arising from emulation or imitation Source: wordnet
- 4. adj. eager to surpass others Source: wordnet
- 5. 1. 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. 2. Vying with; rivaling; hence, contentious, envious. "Emulous Carthage." B. Jonson. Emulous missions 'mongst the gods. Shak. Source: webster
- 6. a. characterized by or arising from emulation or imitation s. eager to surpass others Source: ecdict
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