competitor
298
2.4
- noun
- /kəmˈpɛtɪtər/
:
competidor
- The startup managed to attract investors despite fierce competition from established competitors.
- major competitors
- new competitors
- competitors in the market
Donald Trump started calling his closest competitor Bird Brain Haley.
- Donald Trump started calling his closest competitor Bird Brain Haley.
- We have not had an economic competitor in a century.
- Fewer competitors in the jobs market, fewer competitors in the housing market.
- I'm going there to show them how I have built a competitor to the job centre.
- We'll also talk about one of Tesla's big competitors, BYD.
- My biggest competitor in the world is your success.
- They've said it's more of like an Android Fuchsia competitor, something I don't know.
- If we slow down, how do we know that our competitors will also slow down?
- We saw maybe there's a new air tag competitor coming possibly.
- Or why are people buying our competitors products?
Examples
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In only 5 years, Thailand has outstripped its competitors to become the region's number one producer.
Academic text (1990) -
Chilean production costs are generally below those of their major competitors, primarily because of lower feed costs.
Academic text (1990) -
If you have at least one competitor, you have a game.
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We have not had an economic competitor in a century.
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My biggest competitor in the world is your success.
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And you can like and love your competitors and still want to beat them.
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You think they are going to allow foreign competitors an opening like that?
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American companies, however, still lag far behind their Japanese competitors in market share.
Academic text (1999) -
We'll also talk about one of Tesla's big competitors, BYD.
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In the final race, she faced her strongest competitor, who had never lost before.
Synonyms
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1.0
A person who takes part in a sport or game
907
2.1
A person who competes against another in a game or argument
416
2.1
A person or team you are trying to beat
295
2.4
A person who joins an activity or event
292
2.7
A person or group that competes with another for the same goal
167
2.8
A person who takes part in a competition that tests skill or knowledge
152
6.1
A person, team or group that is against you
152
3.5
A person or team that competes to win a championship
20
3.4
The person or team you compete against in a contest
14
4.3
A person who takes part in a competition
1
9.7
A person or team you compete against, for example in sport
1
4.2
A person who takes part in a competition
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
1
4.0
A study of other companies to find their strong and weak points
How Competitive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Competitor comes from the Latin parts com- 'together' and petere 'to seek', and is the same root as compete and competition, so it originally meant people who 'seek the same thing'. That is why a competitor is someone who tries to win the same prize, job, or customers as others.