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. Molly Schuyler:

   I only compete in coed events, people usually underestimate the girls, but I’ve turned heads. I don’t think gender dictates how well you do.

2. Brian Kirkell:

   I don't see brick and mortar stores seeing a big benefit from this ruling vis-a-vis their key online competitors, large online retailers who compete with the likes of Walmart and Target have already been collecting and remitting sales tax for some time now because they saw the writing on the wall.

3. Justin Rose:

   I'm here these two weeks to obviously compete as best I can but also to get a read of where my game is, i felt I made rapid improvements as the week went on. I'll be more competitive (in Qatar), for sure. I'm going there with a bit of confidence now.

4. Antony Jenkins:

   If banks want to really compete for talent successfully, they are going to have to make themselves interesting places to work. It can't just be about the money, because frankly the money isn't going to be there the way it was before 2008.

5. Alex Conant:

   Regarding our numbers, we'll let our FEC report speak for itself, obviously it shows a very lean campaign that is saving a lot of money. We are on track to having the resources we need to compete in every state and win the Republican nomination.