Sometimes hockey players get so competitive that fights break out.
Source: tatoeba (2010)
Competitive
//kəmˈpɛtɪtɪv//
Synonyms for "competitive" (61 found)
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Closest matches (13)
Strong matches (18)
Related words (30)
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Adjective(2 words)
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Antonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesderived
24 entriesShowing 16 of 24 words.
derived from
1 entrieshas context
2 entriesrelated to
13 entriessimilar
13 entriesTranslations
71 translations across 26 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- تَنَافُسِيّ adj (of or pertaining to competition)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- rəqabətdavamlı adj (economics: capable of competing successfully)
Belarusian
2 entries- канкурэ́нтны adj (of or pertaining to competition)
- канкурэнтаздо́льны adj (economics: capable of competing successfully)
Bulgarian
4 entries- конкурентен adj (of or pertaining to competition)
- конкурентноспособен adj (inclined to compete)
- конкурентноспособен adj (economics: capable of competing successfully)
- състезателен adj (of or pertaining to competition)
Catalan
4 entries- competitiu adj (of or pertaining to competition)
- competitiu adj (inclined to compete)
- competitiu adj (economics: capable of competing successfully)
- competitiu adj (of price: cheap)
Czech
3 entries- konkurenční adj (of or pertaining to competition)
- soutěživý adj (inclined to compete)
- soutěžní adj (of or pertaining to competition)
Danish
1 entries- konkurrencedygtig adj (economics: capable of competing successfully)
Dutch
1 entries- competitief adj (inclined to compete)
Finnish
4 entries- kilpailuhenkinen adj (inclined to compete)
- kilpailukykyinen adj (economics: capable of competing successfully)
- kilpailukykyinen adj (of price: cheap)
- kilpailullinen adj (of or pertaining to competition)
French
3 entries- compétitif adj (inclined to compete)
- compétitif adj (biochemistry: inhibiting an enzyme)
- compétitif adj (of price: cheap)
Galician
2 entries- competitivo adj (of or pertaining to competition)
- competitivo adj (inclined to compete)
German
4 entries- Konkurrenz adj (of or pertaining to competition)
- Wettbewerbs adj (of or pertaining to competition)
- Wettkampf adj (of or pertaining to competition)
- auf Wettbewerb beruhend adj (of or pertaining to competition)
Hebrew
4 entries- תחרותי adj (of or pertaining to competition)
- תחרותי adj (inclined to compete)
- תחרותי adj (economics: capable of competing successfully)
- תחרותי adj (of price: cheap)
Hindi
1 entries- प्रतिस्पर्धी adj (inclined to compete)
Hungarian
1 entries- versenyképes adj (economics: capable of competing successfully)
Indonesian
1 entries- kompetitif adj (of or pertaining to competition)
Italian
1 entries- competitivo adj (biochemistry: inhibiting an enzyme)
Manx
3 entries- cohirreydagh adj (of or pertaining to competition)
- cohirreydagh adj (inclined to compete)
- cohirreydagh adj (economics: capable of competing successfully)
Polish
3 entries- konkurencyjny adj (of or pertaining to competition)
- konkurencyjny adj (economics: capable of competing successfully)
- nastawiony na współzawodnictwo adj (inclined to compete)
Portuguese
4 entries- competitivo adj (of or pertaining to competition)
- competitivo adj (inclined to compete)
- competitivo adj (economics: capable of competing successfully)
- competitivo adj (biochemistry: inhibiting an enzyme)
Romanian
3 entries- competitiv adj (of or pertaining to competition)
- competitiv adj (economics: capable of competing successfully)
- competițional adj (of or pertaining to competition)
Russian
2 entries- конкуре́нтный adj (of or pertaining to competition)
- конкурентоспосо́бный adj (economics: capable of competing successfully)
Spanish
2 entries- competitivo adj (economics: capable of competing successfully)
- competitivo adj (biochemistry: inhibiting an enzyme)
Swedish
2 entries- konkurrenskraftig adj (economics: capable of competing successfully)
- tävlingsinriktad adj (inclined to compete)
Tagalog
2 entries- matagisin adj (inclined to compete)
- matagisin adj (economics: capable of competing successfully)
Ukrainian
3 entries- конкуре́нтний adj (of or pertaining to competition)
- конкурентозда́тний adj (economics: capable of competing successfully)
- конкурентоспромо́жний adj (economics: capable of competing successfully)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
If your prices are competitive, we will place a large order.
Source: tatoeba (24427)
It's not only the health aspects of sports that appeal to people, but the cooperative aspect that team sports teach, and the competitive aspect in itself.
Source: tatoeba (51645)
With this price, your product would not be competitive in the Japanese market.
Source: tatoeba (60206)
Showing 4 of 13 available sentences.
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