Antonyms for monopoly
məˈnɒp ə limo·nop·o·ly

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1. monopolynoun

   Antonyms:
   monopsony

2. monopolynoun

   A board game in which players use play money to buy and trade properties, with the objective of forcing opponents into bankruptcy.

   Antonyms:
   monopsony

3. monopolynoun

   A land monopoly renders its holder(s) nearly almighty in an agricultural society

   Antonyms:
   monopsony

4. monopolynoun

   Granting monopolies in concession constitutes a market-conform alternative to taxation for the state, while the crown sometimes bestowed a monopoly as an outrageous gift

   Antonyms:
   monopsony

5. monopolynoun

   Antonyms:
   monopsony

6. monopolynoun

   The holder (person, company or other) of such market domination in one of the the above manners.

   Synonyms:
   monopolist

   Antonyms:
   monopsony

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. monopoly

   Antonyms:
   participation, partnership, community, competition, free-trade

   Synonyms:
   privilege, engrossment, appropriation, exclusiveness, preoccupancy, impropriation

Matched Categories

1. • Board Game
   • Dominance
   • Economics
   • Market

Princeton's WordNet

1. monopolynoun

   (economics) a market in which there are many buyers but only one seller

   "a monopoly on silver"; "when you have a monopoly you can ask any price you like"

2. monopolynoun

   exclusive control or possession of something

   "They have no monopoly on intelligence"

3. Monopolynoun

   a board game in which players try to gain a monopoly on real estate as pieces advance around the board according to the throw of a die

How to use monopoly in a sentence?

1. App Association:

   Allowing Qualcomm to continue abusing its (patents) and its wireless chipset monopoly any longer will irreparably harm opportunities for small businesses in the app and internet of things marketplace and would encourage further abusive behavior in (patent) licensing widely.

2. Elizabeth Warren:

   Once a monopoly begins to grow, it becomes a thing that goes on its own, amazon starts off as the dominant book delivery service. And then it starts morphing into other products and becomes the dominant delivery service. Now it's like a monster that has to be fed every minute.

3. Max Lerner:

   The Seven Deadly Sins of the Press: Concentrated Power of the Big Press. Passing of competition and the coming of monopoly. Governmental control of the press. Timidity, especially in the face of group and corporate pressures. Big Business mentality. Clannishness among the newspaper publishers that has prevented them from criticizing each other. Social blindness.

4. Julian LeBaron:

   They have a monopoly on security and they get paid a wage for protection and later we find out that they participate in the murder of women and children.

5. Matt Stoller:

   Nobody alleged( the magazines of) anti-Semitism ; they were just like, this was an article on monopoly, because it's obvious that's what it was.

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