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competitor

/kəmˈpɛt.ɪ.tɚ/noun4 syllables

Competitor means: the contestant you hope to defeat.

Synonyms for competitor8

noun, as in the contestant you hope to defeat

rival, challenger, competition, contender

also used for competitor

adversary, opponent, contestant, agonist

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What does competitor mean?1

noun

1

the contestant you hope to defeat“he had respect for his rivals”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Competitor in a sentence

  • Any potential competitor needs to have strong technical specifications, functionality and visual appeal.Cangarejo
  • At the end, there were only about five competitors left.sundown
  • Our competitors are getting stronger, so we must step up our game in marketing.OA
  • The circulation of the newspaper is only one-third that of its competitor.unknown
  • Only one competitor can emerge from the crucible of losers' bracket.Auride
  • All the competitors are trying to get their piece of the pie.CK
  • It's an easily observable fact that trans athletes do not outperform their cis competitors.shekitten
  • He is superior to his competitors in everything.CM

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of competitor

as a noun

plural
competitors