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

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1. competitiveadjective

   of or pertaining to competition

   Antonyms:
   cooperative

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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

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1. competitiveadjective

   Synonyms:
   competing, prompted by emulation

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1. List of paraphrases for "competitive":

   competition, competitiveness, competing, concurrentiel, competitors, competitively, cost-competitive

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1. Juan Carlos Calvo:

   The problem for Spanish banks in general is that their stock of loans are not going to start growing again, on average, until at least 2016, and it’s hard to really be competitive in that environment, banks have to seek out profitability at all costs, and if that means going abroad then you go abroad.

2. Glenn Bennett:

   In the athletic industry, no-one is fast at what they are doing, so there is an opportunity to gain a competitive advantage by being faster at what we do, we're not out there to compete with the likes of H&M and Zara in the pure sense, but if they are going to dig into our territory ... we are going to dig into that territory with what we have to offer.

3. Georgia Tech:

   It is definitely going to make it competitive with manufacturing overseas, but the key thing is not just the manufacturing cost, but the added things that are going to happen in terms of the total cost. You don’t have to wait for 45 days for a boat to come from a developing country back to the United States.

4. Gary Gensler:

   It's not clear, with such market segmentation and concentration, and with an uneven playing field, that our current national market system is as fair and competitive as possible for investors.

5. Caroline Anderson:

   A lot of athletes are still in an initial shock phase, probably confused and also with some relief after all the chaos, probably their two main coping strategies in life are having that competitive edge and being able to really push themselves physically for six-seven hours a day. They haven't got that anymore which is very difficult.