competition
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a business relation in which two parties compete to gain customers
business competition can be fiendish at times
Types & categories
- business relation hypernym
- price war hyponym
Sense 2 noun
an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants
Types & categories
- social event hypernym
- game hyponym
- athletic contest hyponym
- bout hyponym
- championship hyponym
- chicken hyponym
- cliffhanger hyponym
- dogfight hyponym
- race hyponym
- tournament hyponym
- playoff hyponym
- series hyponym
- field trial hyponym
- match hyponym
- tournament hyponym
- race hyponym
- spelling bee hyponym
- trial hyponym
Sense 3 noun
the act of competing as for profit or a prize
the teams were in fierce contention for first place
Types & categories
- group action hypernym
- contest hyponym
Related & opposite
- cooperation antonym
- compete derivation
- rival derivation
Sense 4 noun
the contestant you hope to defeat
he had respect for his rivals
Types & categories
- contestant hypernym
- champion hyponym
- comer hyponym
- finalist hyponym
- foe hyponym
- favourite hyponym
- world-beater hyponym
- runner-up hyponym
- scratch hyponym
- semifinalist hyponym
- street fighter hyponym
- tier hyponym
- tilter hyponym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | business relation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | price war |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | social event |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | game |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | athletic contest |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | bout |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | championship |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | chicken |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | cliffhanger |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | dogfight |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | race |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | tournament |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | playoff |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | series |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | field trial |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | match |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | tournament |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | race |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | spelling bee |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | trial |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | cooperation |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | compete |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | rival |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | group action |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | contest |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | challenge |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | compete |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | rival |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | rivalrous |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | contestant |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | champion |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | comer |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | finalist |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | foe |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | favourite |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | world-beater |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | runner-up |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | scratch |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | semifinalist |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | street fighter |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | tier |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | tilter |