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Noun
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A contest held to establish someone's, or something's, superiority or supremacy
contest
match
tournament
championship
clash
event
battle
bout
game
duel
sport
conflict
encounter
race
trial
trials
war
confrontation
contention
dogfight
fight
fixture
matchup
struggle
warfare
combat
concours
grapple
heat
league
meet
playoff
prizefight
round
scrimmage
stakes
strife
tourney
candidacy
counteraction
derby
drive
engagement
meeting
face-off
ball game
head-to-head
athletic event
pairing off
sweep-stake
sweepstakes
tug-of-war
one on one
one-upmanship
one-upping
horse race
do or die
more ❯
“The annual competition aims to establish the best amateur chef in the country.”
Noun
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(uncountable mass noun) People against whom one competes
challengers
opposition
competitors
rivals
field
opponents
adversaries
contenders
contestants
corrivals
enemy
foes
opposers
opposing side
fellow competitors
fellow contenders
other side
other team
entrants
participants
candidates
applicants
runners
entries
hopefuls
possibilities
possibles
“He was able to pick off the competition one by one with his superior skill.”
Noun
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The activity or condition of striving to gain superiority over others
rivalry
vying
competitiveness
contention
battling
conflict
fighting
war
contesting
feuding
scramble
strife
struggling
gainstriving
opposition
scrambling
wrangling
rat race
keeping up with the Joneses
dog eat dog nature
“With several recent entrants to the market, the competition in the industry has intensified.”
Noun
▲
A heated conflict or struggle for something
contest
battle
conflict
fight
struggle
clash
combat
duel
confrontation
skirmish
match
war
contention
scrap
tussle
warfare
scuffle
fracas
engagement
dogfight
rivalry
brawl
fray
strife
grapple
scrimmage
affray
row
sweepstakes
dustup
scrum
wrangle
hassle
altercation
brush
rumble
collision
race
rencounter
striving
face-off
set-to
tug-of-war
sweep-stake
run-in
ball game
battle royal
turf war
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Noun
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An opponent or adversary in a conflict or contest
antagonist
adversary
rival
competitor
contender
opposer
opposition
corrival
match
other side
opposite number
opponent
challenger
contestant
foe
vier
enemy
disputant
combatant
opposing side
nemesis
runner
entrant
candidate
dark horse
other team
fellow contestant
emulator
corival
participant
more ❯
Noun
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The sport of racing on foot
racing
competing
contest
darting
dashing
flying
galloping
hurrying
running
rushing
sailing
sport
sporting
sprinting
tearing
track
trotting
whizzing
jogging
sprint
jog
Noun
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The art or practice of successively outdoing a competitor
one-upmanship
gamesmanship
artfulness
cunning
cutthroat
bettering
cageyness
canniness
competitive advantage
competitive edge
outfoxing
outsmarting
outwitting
rivallingUK
rivalingUS
Noun
▲
Cowboy exhibition
rodeo
display
fair
festival
meet
trial
enclosure
exhibition
roundup
cowboy exhibition
Noun
▲
A competition, usually in the form of a lottery
sweepstakes
sweepstake
draw
sweep
raffle
lottery
sweeps
prize draw
game of chance
lotto
bingo
tombola
pools
speculation
gamble
chance
gambling
numbers game
luck of the draw
drawing
drawing of lots
door prize
ballot
Instants
tote
pakapoo
numbers racket
numbers pool
lucky dip
pool
stake
tossup
lucky draw
grab bag
drawing lots
random shot
Noun
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Economic system of private ownership
capitalism
free enterprise
private enterprise
commercialism
democracy
individualism
industrialism
laissez-faire
mercantilism
private ownership
free market
laissez faire
privatized industries
laissez faire economics
private sector
free-enterprise economy
free-enterprise system
free economy
liberalism
economic sector
self-regulating market
open market
free competition
capitalistic system
nonintervention
noninvolvement
noninterventionism
liberalizationUS
neutrality
inaction
laxity
noninterference
deregulation
liberalisationUK
free trade
abstention
disinvolvement
isolationism
indifference
non-intervention
non-involvement
non-interference
latitude
free hand
for the most
laisser passer
market forces
do-nothing policy
part unrestrained by law free trade
laisser aller
permissiveness
let-alone policy
free-market capitalism
nonrestriction
live and let live
Noun
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The state or quality of being ambitious
emulation
ambitiousness
aspiration
envy
rivalry
ambition
drive
desire
go-getting
enterprise
initiative
enthusiasm
passion
zeal
motivation
striving
determination
dedication
eagerness
spirit
dynamism
fire
warmth
commitment
verve
doggedness
zest
devotion
fervourUK
tenacity
more ❯
Noun
▲
A strong natural dislike or hatred
antagonism
animosity
hostility
bitterness
hatred
antipathy
enmity
resentment
malice
spite
animus
aversion
hate
acrimony
grudge
malevolence
rancorUS
rancourUK
venom
loathing
spitefulness
dislike
detestation
gall
abhorrence
malignity
odium
jaundice
disrelish
opposition
friction
resistance
discord
dissension
feud
conflict
contention
rivalry
disagreement
contrariety
oppugnancy
grudges
grievances
needle
aggression
ill will
ill feeling
bad blood
bad feeling
more ❯
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