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Synonyms for competition
ˌkɒm pɪˈtɪʃ əncom·pe·ti·tion
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Wiktionary
competitionnoun
The action of competing.
The competition for this job is strong.
Antonyms:
cooperation
English Synonyms and Antonyms
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, rivalryAntonyms:
carelessness, contentment, humility, indifference, satisfaction
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
competition
Synonyms:
rivalry, emulation, race, two of a tradeAntonyms:
association, colleagueship, alliance, jointstock, copartnership, confederation
Princeton's WordNet
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, contenderAntonyms:
cooperationcontest, competitionnoun
an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants
Synonyms:
competitor, contender, rival, rivalry, contention, challenger, contestAntonyms:
cooperationcompetition, 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, controversyAntonyms:
cooperationrival, 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, contestAntonyms:
cooperation
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
competitionnoun
Synonyms:
emulation, rivalry, contention, strife
PPDB, the paraphrase database
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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Words popularity by usage frequency
| ranking | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #1387 | maximum | |
| #1507 | assistance | |
| #1581 | race | |
| #2077 | argument | |
| #2078 | competition | |
| #3041 | competitive | |
| #3499 | tournament | |
| #3575 | contest | |
| #5190 | jurisdiction | |
| #5349 | opposition | |
| #5844 | contests | |
| #6554 | compete | |
| #6746 | competitions | |
| #7675 | competitors | |
| #8346 | competing | |
| #9858 | controversy | |
| #10154 | tilt | |
| #10206 | competence | |
| #11080 | rival | |
| #12862 | competitor | |
| #13431 | competitiveness | |
| #13623 | arguing | |
| #14677 | emulation | |
| #15031 | ambition | |
| #15577 | challenger | |
| #17032 | contention | |
| #21030 | pageant | |
| #23458 | rivalry | |
| #24319 | aspiration | |
| #25149 | contender | |
| #26576 | moot | |
| #27027 | concurrence | |
| #96087 | disputation | |
| #123126 | contestation | |
| #182510 | wettbewerb |
How to use competition in a sentence?
They have seen our airplane go through the certification process and now enter into service. There is certainly a lot more competition and they are probably concerned about what the CSeries means for their business.
The resemblance has boosted my chances of winning the competition by 50%.
It raises real questions about whether this structure is fair and best promotes competition, why not allow all venues to have an equal opportunity to execute at sub-penny increments ?
I need to be able to afford to pay for poles, training shoes that don’t survive the wear and tear, coaching, strength training and transport to and from meets for competition.
Earth Fare CEO Frank Scorpiniti:
There's competition in food retail, but if you want a place that's clean, that you can feel secure about what you're bringing home, there's only one place left in America and it's Earth Fare.
Translations for competition
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- kompetisieAfrikaans
- منافسةArabic
- съперничество, съревнование, конкуренция, състезаниеBulgarian
- competència, competicióCatalan, Valencian
- soupeření, konkurence, soutěž, konkurováníCzech
- konkurrenceDanish
- Wettbewerb, KonkurrenzGerman
- ɖikekeEwe
- ανταγωνισμός, συναγωνισμός, διαγωνισμόςGreek
- konkursoEsperanto
- competición, competenciaSpanish
- võistlusEstonian
- رقابتPersian
- kilpailu, kisaFinnish
- concours, compétition, concurrenceFrench
- kompetysjeWestern Frisian
- iomaidhIrish
- תחרותHebrew
- प्रतिस्पर्धा, प्रतियोगिताHindi
- verseny, versengésHungarian
- մրցակցություն, մրցույթArmenian
- concorso, competizione, gara, concorrenzaItalian
- 競争, 大会, コンペ, コンテスト, コンクールJapanese
- შეჯიბრიGeorgian
- 경진 대회, 競爭, 경쟁, 경쟁 시험, 경기Korean
- sîbaq, pêşbirk, hevrikî, riberiz, reqabet, berêkane, misabiqe, pêşbazî, hawirkanKurdish
- натпревар, конкуренција, наптреварMacedonian
- മത്സരംMalayalam
- persaingan, pertandinganMalay
- toernooi, concurrentie, competitieDutch
- konkurs, zawody, rywalizacjaPolish
- competição, concurso, concorrênciaPortuguese
- competiție, concurență, concursRomanian
- состязание, конкурс, конкуренция, соревнование, соперничествоRussian
- súťažSlovak
- tävling, konkurrensSwedish
- పోటీచేయు, పోటీ, పందెముTelugu
- مقابلہUrdu
- cuộc thi, cạnh tranhVietnamese
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