Antonyms for Competition
ˌkɒm pɪˈtɪʃ əncom·pe·ti·tion

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:4.3 / 3 votes

1. competitionnoun

   The action of competing.

   The competition for this job is strong.

   Antonyms:
   cooperation

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.5 / 2 votes

1. competition

   Aspiration is the desire for excellence, pure and simple. Ambition, literally a going around to solicit votes, has primary reference to the award or approval of others, and is the eager desire of power, fame, or something deemed great and eminent, and viewed as a worthy prize. The prizes of aspiration are virtue, nobility, skill, or other high qualities. The prizes of ambition are advancement, fame, honor, and the like. There is a noble and wise or an ignoble, selfish, and harmful ambition. Emulation is not so much to win any excellence or success for itself as to equal or surpass other persons. There is such a thing as a noble emulation, when those we would equal or surpass are noble, and the means we would use worthy. But, at the highest, emulation is inferior as a motive to aspiration, which seeks the high quality or character for its own sake, not with reference to another. Competition is the striving for something that is sought by another at the same time. Emulation regards the abstract, competition the concrete; rivalry is the same in essential meaning with competition, but differs in the nature of the objects contested for, which, in the case of rivalry, are usually of the nobler sort and less subject to direct gaging, measurement, and rule. We speak of competition in business, emulation in scholarship, rivalry in love, politics, etc.; emulation of excellence, success, achievement; competition for a prize; rivalry between persons or nations. Competition may be friendly, rivalry is commonly hostile. Opposition is becoming a frequent substitute for competition in business language; it implies that the competitor is an opponent and hinderer.

   Antonyms:
   carelessness, contentment, humility, indifference, satisfaction

   Synonyms:
   ambition, aspiration, emulation, opposition, rivalry

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. competition

   Antonyms:
   association, colleagueship, alliance, jointstock, copartnership, confederation

   Synonyms:
   rivalry, emulation, race, two of a trade

Matched Categories

1. • Business Relation
   • Contestant
   • Group Action
   • Social Event

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:2.3 / 4 votes

1. competitionnoun

   a business relation in which two parties compete to gain customers

   "business competition can be fiendish at times"

   Antonyms:
   cooperation

   Synonyms:
   contention, contest, competitor, challenger, rivalry, rival, contender

2. contest, competitionnoun

   an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants

   Antonyms:
   cooperation

   Synonyms:
   competition, competitor, contender, rival, rivalry, contention, challenger, contest

3. competition, contention, rivalrynoun

   the act of competing as for profit or a prize

   "the teams were in fierce contention for first place"

   Antonyms:
   cooperation

   Synonyms:
   rival, contestation, competitor, disceptation, competition, disputation, contender, rivalry, argument, arguing, contention, challenger, contest, tilt, controversy

4. rival, challenger, competitor, competition, contendernoun

   the contestant you hope to defeat

   "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing"

   Antonyms:
   cooperation

   Synonyms:
   rival, competition, competitor, contender, contention, rivalry, challenger, contest

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1. competitionnoun

   Synonyms:
   emulation, rivalry, contention, strife

How to use Competition in a sentence?

1. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani:

   Today, after the nuclear accords and the end of sanctions against Iran, there is a sharp competition between Asian and European countries for cooperation agreements with Iran, but we will never forget our close friends from the era of sanctions.

2. Heather Wilson:

   It has been a privilege to serve alongside our Airmen over the past two years and I am proud of the progress that we have made restoring our nation's defense. We have improved the readiness of Air Force ; we have cut years out of acquisition schedules and gotten better prices through competition ; we have repealed hundreds of superfluous regulations ; and we have strengthened our ability to deter and dominate in space, i very much appreciate the opportunity to have served. I remain a strong advocate for our nation's defense and an Airman for life.

3. Robbie Collin:

   It's the most exciting press conference I have been at, I think. Cannes isn't known for its revelatory press conferences but that felt like a weird cinematic event in itself, what remains fascinating about Godard and his work, is that is he is the only director in competition so far, possibly the only one in the entire festival, whose films defy being chewed over in the course of a tweet or a thread of tweets.

4. Unknown:

   Competition between individuals sets one against the other and undermines morale, but competition between organizations builds morale and encourages creativity.

5. Lisa McKenzie:

   My company was one of 15 companies who got the opportunity to be in front of hundreds of people for an entrepreneur week competition with the chance of winning $50,000, i had heard that there was a bet that our company would be one of the top three finalists. But when the votes were cast, I think we ended up in last place.

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