competitor Definition
com·peti·tor (kəm pet′ət ər)
noun
- a person who competes; rival
- a business, team, etc. that competes
Etymology: L
competitor Synonyms
competitor Usage Examples
Converse of object
- greet: On Sunday morning, fog and NO wind greeted the competitors.
- attract: Three prizes attracted even more competitors than the prototype quiz offered in 2004.
- eliminate: Basically its designed to ensure that the G14 clubs get richer whilst eliminating any competitors.
- prevent: It can keep vandals from altering your Web page and prevent industrial competitors from reading your confidential documents.
- allow: It allows competitors, organizers and spectators to recognize and celebrate together the best performers from the weekend.
Preposition: in
- marketplace: The company is growing fast, highly profitable and rapidly gaining market share from competitors in a highly fragmented marketplace.
- championship: There are also a number of competitors in both championships who could feasibly lift the season's trophies at the end of the year.
- race: Thus ended my first and last attempt as a competitor in such races.
- market: Prices are then likely to increase with fewer competitors in the market " .
Adjective modifier
- fellow: Fellow competitors Dyson Racing provided them with a new rear end.
- near: This is double the amount of consumable material provided by our nearest competitors.
- formidable: At the same time, a really formidable low wage competitor at the bottom end of the market was starting to make itself felt.
- overseas: Junior Overseas Trophy J Awarded to the highest placed Overseas competitor under 13 in the British Open Championship.
- would-be: Of all the would-be competitors to the Palm Treo 650 we've seen, the Motorola Q seems best poised to surpass it.
- main: Over the past 25 years, the UK has invested around 30 per cent less than its main European competitors.
Modifies a noun
- intelligence: Special project work can include patent watch services, competitor intelligence reports and statistical analysis.
- analysis: Our work has covered a range of research from local competitor analysis to detailed reports into the biotechnology sector.
Noun used with modifier
- novice: Written for novices, all advice is based on the first hand experiences of a novice competitor.
- championship: He has been on the coaching staff of GB and English teams and his swimmers include Olympic, Commonwealth and European championship competitors.
- lady: Regretfully there being no lady competitors The Craig Trophy for the best Lady performer could not be awarded.
Browse dictionary entries near competitor
- ‹ competitive local exchange carrier
- ‹ competitive bid
- ‹ Competitive Access Provider
- ‹ competitive
- ‹ competition
- ‹ competently
- ‹ competent
- ‹ competence
- ‹ compete
- ‹ compensatory damages
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