Synonyms for competitor
kəmˈpɛt ɪ tərcom·peti·tor

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1. competitornoun

   A person or organization against whom one is competing.

   Synonyms:
   adversary, opponent

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1. competitor

   An enemy in private life is one who is moved by hostile feeling with active disposition to injure; but in military language all who fight on the opposite side are called enemies or collectively "the enemy," where no personal animosity may be implied; foe, which is rather a poetical and literary word, implies intensely hostile spirit and purpose. An antagonist is one who opposes and is opposed actively and with intensity of effort; an opponent, one in whom the attitude of resistance is the more prominent; a competitor, one who seeks the same object for which another is striving; antagonists in wrestling, competitors in business, opponents in debate may contend with no personal ill will; rivals in love, ambition, etc., rarely avoid inimical feeling. Adversary was formerly much used in the general sense of antagonist or opponent, but is now less common, and largely restricted to the hostile sense; an adversary is ordinarily one who not only opposes another in fact, but does so with hostile spirit, or perhaps out of pure malignity; as, the great Adversary. Compare synonyms for AMBITION.

   Synonyms:
   adversary, antagonist, enemy, foe, opponent, rival

   Antonyms:
   abettor, accessory, accomplice, ally, friend, helper, supporter

   Preposition:
   He was the enemy of my friend in the contest.

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1. competitor

   Synonyms:
   rival, emulator, opponent, adversary, antagonist

   Antonyms:
   participator, partner, auxiliary, colleague

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1. 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"

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

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1. competitornoun

   Synonyms:
   rival, antagonist, opponent, rival candidate

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1. competitornoun

   Synonyms:
   rival, contestant, opponent, antagonist

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1. List of paraphrases for "competitor":

   competitors, rival, competing, contender, concurrent, contestant, competition, challenger, conflicting, opponent

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1. Knicks All-Star Carmelo Anthony:

   I'm losing a friend, a team mate, a guy who I wanted to come to the city and play with, i know what he wants, and you have to respect that as an athlete, as a competitor. You only want the best for your friends and your close ones. He wants to play for a championship...

2. Jim Corridore:

   Fares are likely to rise if a disruptive price competitor is going away.

3. Justin Tucker:

   That one was more like a kickoff, it’s like you’re a competitor in a long-drive contest. You just let it rip and hope it stays straight.

4. Scott Lincicome:

   The political winds have shifted in treating China less as a competitor and more as an enemy, to the extent that Bloomberg actually mounts a defense of trade with China, and opposition to the tariffs specifically, he would be one man on an island and inevitably taking fire from all sides.

5. Leonid Yelin:

   Stacey Mercer was Stacey Mercer, a great athlete, a fierce competitor, a great person and a great mom, stacey Mercer was the best teammate and always put Stacey Mercer team first. I was blessed to have coached Stacey Mercer.