emulous

Meaning

Ambitious or competitive.

Synonyms

rivalrous

ambitious

earnest

envious

zealous

striving after

Translations

αμιλλώμενος

φιλόδοξος

naijverig

émulo

gıpta e

rakip

Etymology

Cognate with Latin: imitari

In summary

From Latin aemulus (“striving to equal or excel, rivaling; in a bad sense, envious, jealous”), from Ancient Greek ἁμιλλάομαι (hamilláomai, “strive, contend”), akin to Latin imitari (“to imitate”); see imitate.