Definition for Competition:

• The act of trying to gain something sought by another at the same time; rivalry.

Synonyms for Competition:

• n.

  •
  • alliance,
  • racing,
  • account,
  • beauty parade,
  • partnership,
  • business plan,
  • business,
  • book,
  • cannibalize,
  • struggle,
  • striving,
  • clash,
  • brokerage,
  • engagement,
  • candidacy,
  • combat,
  • wrestling,
  • asset,
  • Broking,
  • trial,
  • capacity,
  • counteraction.
  •
  • encounter,
  • debate,
  • candidate,
  • all-comers,
  • favorite,
  • the competition,
  • joust,
  • entrant,
  • sport,
  • match,
  • favourite,
  • rumpus,
  • tangle.
  •
  • opponent.
  •
  • fringe,
  • company.
  •antagonism (noun)
  • anti-thesis,
  • dis agreement,
  • oppugnancies,
  • dis-cords,
  • in-congruities,
  • in congruities,
  • in-congruity,
  • dis-agreements,
  • in congruity,
  • dis agreements,
  • dis cords,
  • dis-cord,
  • anti thesis,
  • dis-agreement,
  • dis cord.
  •bout (noun)
  • set-to,
  • set to,
  • boxing matches,
  • setto,
  • boxing match.
  •candidacy (noun)
  • running for office,
  • Candidateship.
  •capitalism (noun)
  • industrialism,
  • mercantilism,
  • laissez faire economics,
  • free market,
  • commercialism.
  •celebration (noun)
  • festival.
  •challenger (noun)
  • challenger.
  •competition (noun)
  • rivalry,
  • contention.
  •competitor (noun)
  • co rival,
  • co rivals,
  • corivals,
  • co-rivals,
  • Co-rival.
  •conflict (noun)
  • Wars,
  • divided loyalties,
  • factionalism,
  • concours.
  •contest (noun)
  • tilt,
  • go for it,
  • pairing off,
  • run,
  • matchup,
  • one-upping,
  • quiz,
  • championship,
  • horse race,
  • one on one,
  • do or die,
  • rat race,
  • jungle,
  • dog eat dog,
  • controversy,
  • athletic event,
  • puzzle,
  • go for the gold.
  •discord (noun)
  • disagreement.
  •festival (noun)
  • jubilee,
  • Festivities,
  • jubilees,
  • Festivals,
  • field day.
  •race (noun)
  • re lay,
  • re-lays,
  • re lays,
  • re-lay.
  •rival (noun)
  • opposite numbers.
  •scramble (noun)
  • free for all.
  •side (noun)
  • belligerents.
  •strife (noun)
  • tug war.
  •warfare (noun)
  • military operation,
  • passage of arms,
  • military operations,
  • armed struggle,
  • counterinsurgency.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • tasting,
  • tug-of-war,
  • one-horse race,
  • singalong,
  • mano a mano,
  • kaffeeklatch,
  • coffee klatch,
  • dinner party,
  • Corrivalry,
  • blind date,
  • slugfest,
  • olympiad,
  • fight,
  • tournament,
  • turkey shoot,
  • COMP.
  •
  • free-for-all,
  • war,
  • contestant,
  • reunion,
  • jolly,
  • black tie,
  • open house.
  •
  • visit,
  • singsong.
  •
  • evening,
  • battle.
  •
  • night,
  • entry.
  •
  • society,
  • get together.
  •
  • function.
  •
  • DO.
  •contest
  • sweepstakes.

Paraphrases for Competition:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    contest, contests.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    contest, competion, competitivity.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    competitions, contests.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    tournament, championship, championships.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    tournament, championship.
  • Verb, past tense
    Competed, competing.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    Sports, powers, structures, roma, competence, buildings, women, competing, competitor, competitors, jurisdiction, competency, competencies.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    Telecommunications, audits, competence, emulation, pre-selection, contention, co-operation, antagonism, participation, contribution, purview, responsibility, confrontation, bidding, racing, preselection, conjunction, competitor, jurisdiction, solicitation, involvement, competency, pre-qualification, Tendering.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    fields, supports, follows, runs.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    competitiveness, competitive, compete.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    competitiveness, competitive, tender.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    competes.

Antonyms for Competition:

• n.

  • contest
    harmony, peace, surrender, sympathy, agreement, accord.
  • Other antonyms:
    contentment, humility, indifference, satisfaction, concord, carelessness.

Competition Sentence Examples:

• It is not a competition in deportment.

• In spite of our apparent superiority at some forms of shooting, he never changed his methods to meet competition.

Hypernym for Competition:

• n.

  • linkdef
    price war, price competition.

Hyponym for Competition:

• n.

  • linkdef
    business relation.