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. Robert Martin:

   The spin-off effects clearly outweigh the amount of work we have had to put in to doing this process, this is really part of our competitive armoury to compete against the other big guys.

2. Brian Olsavsky:

   It's a very competitive labor market out there. And certainly, the biggest contributor to inflationary pressures that we're seeing in the business, we're spending a lot of money on signing and incentives.

3. Mark Epley:

   Our members went way, way, way beyond the call of duty to provide what the company's needs were, it's a competitive market out there and we know that any plant can be taken away at any time.

4. Gersson Rosas:

   While we are disappointed with the leagues decision, we understand the magnitude of this unfortunate incident, the NBA is highly competitive and last night was a reflection of that. We support Karl and will move forward together as a group.

5. Nasser Al-Khelaifi:

   He wanted a competitive team and I think we have the most competitive in the world, so there is no excuse for him now, he can’t do anything else but stay.