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Synonyms for competitive
kəmˈpɛt ɪ tɪvcom·pet·i·tive

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  1. competitiveadjective

    of or pertaining to competition

    Antonyms:
    cooperative

Princeton's WordNet2.3 / 4 votes

  1. competitive, competitoryadjective

    involving competition or competitiveness

    "competitive games"; "to improve one's competitive position"

    Synonyms:
    militant, free-enterprise(a), competitory, private-enterprise(a)

    Antonyms:
    accommodative, uncompetitive, noncompetitive, cooperative, socialist, unaggressive, monopolistic, nonaggressive, socialistic

  2. competitive, free-enterprise(a), private-enterprise(a)adjective

    subscribing to capitalistic competition

    Antonyms:
    cooperative, monopolistic, uncompetitive, nonaggressive, socialist, accommodative, noncompetitive, unaggressive, socialistic

  3. competitive, militantadjective

    showing a fighting disposition

    "highly competitive sales representative"; "militant in fighting for better wages for workers"; "his self-assertive and ubiquitous energy"

    Synonyms:
    militant, warlike, private-enterprise(a), hawkish, warring, war-ridden, competitory, free-enterprise(a), belligerent

    Antonyms:
    monopolistic, accommodative, cooperative, nonaggressive, noncompetitive, uncompetitive, unaggressive, socialistic, socialist

Dictionary of English Synonymes4.0 / 1 vote

  1. competitiveadjective

    Synonyms:
    competing, prompted by emulation

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How to use competitive in a sentence?

  1. Ryan Eustice:

    We want to see an ecosystem happen. There's a diversity of technology that we'd like to gauge (and) different strengths and weaknesses in how you approach the technology. It's also good to have competitive market pressure.

  2. Brian Olsavsky:

    We're spending a lot of money on signing and incentives, it's a very competitive labor market out there. And certainly, the biggest contributor to inflationary pressures that we're seeing in the business.

  3. Citibank Japan:

    This decision furthers Citi's global strategy of focusing our resources where we feel we have a competitive advantage, which includes our Institutional Clients Group businesses in Japan.

  4. Mayim Bialik:

    Everything was a competition, these were not my people. I left in tears. Moms are so competitive! Why is that? Is it because we’re just catty and combative by nature? Is it because we’re bored and we have nothing better to do?

  5. Amy Klobuchar:

    Listen, we got to get money out of politics, i mean, I got to raise a ton of money to be competitive.


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