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. Johannes Herber:

   Our members want the process to start as soon as possible, beyond that only those Russian athletes should compete in Tokyo who are proven to be clean and are not mentioned in any of the doping reports.

2. Andy Murray:

   If he's able to focus for three, four hours at a time, do it over the space of two weeks, there's no reason why he can't compete, if you're getting that many free points with your serve. You don't actually have to win that many points and play that many long rallies and stuff.

3. Lee Kuan Yew:

   India is scared of the competition... because Chinese goods will go into India and compete.

4. Shaun White:

   I'd love to compete, obviously, I have to qualify and do a bunch of different things to get there, but that's the plan.

5. Robert Martin:

   This is really part of our competitive armoury to compete against the other big guys.