Synonyms for competition
ˌkɒm pɪˈtɪʃ əncom·pe·ti·tion

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1. competitionnoun

   The action of competing.

   The competition for this job is strong.

   Antonyms:
   cooperation

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1. competition

   Aspiration is the desire for excellence, pure and simple. Ambition, literally a going around to solicit votes, has primary reference to the award or approval of others, and is the eager desire of power, fame, or something deemed great and eminent, and viewed as a worthy prize. The prizes of aspiration are virtue, nobility, skill, or other high qualities. The prizes of ambition are advancement, fame, honor, and the like. There is a noble and wise or an ignoble, selfish, and harmful ambition. Emulation is not so much to win any excellence or success for itself as to equal or surpass other persons. There is such a thing as a noble emulation, when those we would equal or surpass are noble, and the means we would use worthy. But, at the highest, emulation is inferior as a motive to aspiration, which seeks the high quality or character for its own sake, not with reference to another. Competition is the striving for something that is sought by another at the same time. Emulation regards the abstract, competition the concrete; rivalry is the same in essential meaning with competition, but differs in the nature of the objects contested for, which, in the case of rivalry, are usually of the nobler sort and less subject to direct gaging, measurement, and rule. We speak of competition in business, emulation in scholarship, rivalry in love, politics, etc.; emulation of excellence, success, achievement; competition for a prize; rivalry between persons or nations. Competition may be friendly, rivalry is commonly hostile. Opposition is becoming a frequent substitute for competition in business language; it implies that the competitor is an opponent and hinderer.

   Synonyms:
   ambition, aspiration, emulation, opposition, rivalry

   Antonyms:
   carelessness, contentment, humility, indifference, satisfaction

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1. competition

   Synonyms:
   rivalry, emulation, race, two of a trade

   Antonyms:
   association, colleagueship, alliance, jointstock, copartnership, confederation

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1. competitionnoun

   a business relation in which two parties compete to gain customers

   "business competition can be fiendish at times"

   Synonyms:
   contention, contest, competitor, challenger, rivalry, rival, contender

   Antonyms:
   cooperation

2. contest, competitionnoun

   an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants

   Synonyms:
   competitor, contender, rival, rivalry, contention, challenger, contest

   Antonyms:
   cooperation

3. competition, contention, rivalrynoun

   the act of competing as for profit or a prize

   "the teams were in fierce contention for first place"

   Synonyms:
   rival, contestation, competitor, disceptation, disputation, contender, rivalry, argument, arguing, contention, challenger, contest, tilt, controversy

   Antonyms:
   cooperation

4. rival, challenger, competitor, competition, contendernoun

   the contestant you hope to defeat

   "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing"

   Synonyms:
   rival, competitor, contender, contention, rivalry, challenger, contest

   Antonyms:
   cooperation

Matched Categories

1. • Business Relation
   • Contestant
   • Group Action
   • Social Event

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. competitionnoun

   Synonyms:
   rivalry, RIVALSHIP, emulation, contest (for the same object)

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1. competitionnoun

   Synonyms:
   emulation, rivalry, contention, strife

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1. List of paraphrases for "competition":

   competitions, competitive, contest, competitiveness, competence, compete, rivalry, rival, wettbewerb, jurisdiction, competitors, contests, competitor, competing, concurrence, race, tournament, pageant, moot, assistance, maximum

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1. Bruno Witvoet:

   The competitive environment is tough because everybody has been talking about Africa for the last three or four years, you can see all the global competitors entering the markets... competition has been much tougher over the last 2-3 years. And we see also very good competition from emerging local players... competition is very sane, it might bite a bit of your market share short term, but it may raise the challenge, it'll raise your alertness and you have to respond to that.

2. AMYNE E. QASEM:

   Competition in robbery don’t need competition boards

3. Andrew Carnegie:

   And while the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department.

4. Eric Dayton:

   There is a competition for talent, and it's a national competition, even an international competition.

5. Javier Jimenez:

   There shouldn't be competition for competition's sake, competition is an element, a tool, that permits a larger goal, which is better attention to the user.