Synonyms for compete
kəmˈpitcom·pete

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1. compete

   Synonyms:
   contend, rival, cope, emulate

   Antonyms:
   participate, share

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1. compete, vie, contendverb

   compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others

   Synonyms:
   fence, fight, make do, repugn, deal, vie, manage, struggle, debate, argue, postulate, grapple, contend, cope, make out, get by, contest

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1. competeverb

   Synonyms:
   contend, strive, struggle, cope, enter the lists, be rivals

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1. List of paraphrases for "compete":

   competition, competing, rival

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1. Mike McCarthy:

   The fact that we’re playing the four games this year, Week 1 and Week 4 will be huge games for the younger players. You’re looking at a good half of football, to me, this is what the preseason has always been about. You’re able to get your starters and guys you have history with, you can get most of your work done in the practices. This is about the development of your roster, the competition of your roster. And what better way to let these guys compete than these preseason games.

2. Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson:

   There are such limited opportunities to compete, and then those means, the main reason we train the way we do, those competitions are taken away I think this is a difficult position to put those older players in.

3. Clare Hennigan:

   This is an opportunity for mascara brands to stay ahead of the curve and better compete against these trends.

4. Bill Gates:

   If they open up, they can go back into exponential( coronavirus infection) growth and compete with New York on that basis.

5. Karlos Hill:

   Black US Senate candidates can compete and win competitive statewide races if Black US Senate candidates are able to effectively mobilize the Black electorate, if the momentum created by Stacey Abrams and Warnock's recipe for mobilizing the Black electorate can be sustained, we could begin to see more Black representation in the US Senate. Only time will tell.