The circulation of the newspaper is only one-third that of its competitor.
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Competitor
//kəmˈpɛt.ɪ.tɚ//
Synonyms for "competitor" (121 found)
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Closest matches (25)
Strong matches (36)
Noun(4 words)
Related words (60)
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1 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
3 entriescapable of
3 entriesderived
8 entriesrelated to
4 entriesTranslations
144 translations across 51 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- ἀγωνιστής noun (person against whom one is competing)
- ἀγωνιστής noun (participant in a competition)
Arabic
1 entries- مُنَافِس noun (person against whom one is competing)
Armenian
2 entries- մրցակից noun (person against whom one is competing)
- մրցակից noun (participant in a competition)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- rəqib noun (person against whom one is competing)
Belarusian
4 entries- канкурэ́нт noun (person against whom one is competing)
- канкурэ́нтка noun (person against whom one is competing)
- сапе́рнік noun (person against whom one is competing)
- сапе́рніца noun (person against whom one is competing)
Bulgarian
4 entries- конкуре́нт noun (person against whom one is competing)
- конкуре́нтка noun (person against whom one is competing)
- съпе́рник noun (person against whom one is competing)
- съпе́рница noun (person against whom one is competing)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 比賽者 /比赛者 noun (person against whom one is competing)
- 競爭對手 /竞争对手 noun (person against whom one is competing)
- 競爭者 /竞争者 noun (person against whom one is competing)
- 選手 /选手 noun (participant in a competition)
Czech
4 entries- konkurent noun (person against whom one is competing)
- soutěžící noun (participant in a competition)
- závodníce noun (person against whom one is competing)
- závodník noun (person against whom one is competing)
Danish
1 entries- konkurrent noun (person against whom one is competing)
Dutch
2 entries- concurent noun (person against whom one is competing)
- concurrent noun (person against whom one is competing)
Esperanto
1 entries- konkuranto noun (person against whom one is competing)
Finnish
2 entries- kilpailija noun (person against whom one is competing)
- kilpailija noun (participant in a competition)
French
4 entries- compétiteur noun (person against whom one is competing)
- compétitrice noun (person against whom one is competing)
- concurrent noun (person against whom one is competing)
- concurrente noun (person against whom one is competing)
Galician
1 entries- competidor noun (person against whom one is competing)
Georgian
4 entries- კონკურენტი noun (person against whom one is competing)
- კონკურენტი noun (participant in a competition)
- მეტოქე noun (person against whom one is competing)
- მეტოქე noun (participant in a competition)
German
4 entries- Konkurrent noun (person against whom one is competing)
- Konkurrentin noun (person against whom one is competing)
- Wettbewerbsteilnehmer noun (participant in a competition)
- Wettkämpfer noun (participant in a competition)
Greek
1 entries- ανταγωνιστής noun (person against whom one is competing)
Hebrew
4 entries- מִתְחָרֶה noun (person against whom one is competing)
- מִתְחָרֶה noun (participant in a competition)
- מתחרה noun (person against whom one is competing)
- מתחרה noun (participant in a competition)
Hindi
3 entries- प्रतियोगी noun (person against whom one is competing)
- प्रतिस्पर्धी noun (person against whom one is competing)
- प्रतिस्पर्धी noun (participant in a competition)
Hungarian
1 entries- versenyző noun (participant in a competition)
Icelandic
3 entries- keppandi noun (participant in a competition)
- keppinautur noun (person against whom one is competing)
- samkeppnisaðili noun (person against whom one is competing)
Indonesian
2 entries- pesaing noun (person against whom one is competing)
- saingan noun (person against whom one is competing)
Irish
1 entries- iomaitheoir noun (participant in a competition)
Italian
4 entries- antagonista noun (person against whom one is competing)
- avversario noun (person against whom one is competing)
- competitore noun (person against whom one is competing)
- concorrente noun (participant in a competition)
Japanese
1 entries- 競争者 noun (person against whom one is competing)
Kazakh
3 entries- бақас noun (person against whom one is competing)
- бақталас noun (person against whom one is competing)
- бәсекелес noun (person against whom one is competing)
Korean
1 entries- 경쟁자 noun (person against whom one is competing)
Luhya
1 entries- omushindani noun (person against whom one is competing)
Macedonian
4 entries- конкурент noun (person against whom one is competing)
- конкурентка noun (person against whom one is competing)
- натпреварувач noun (participant in a competition)
- соперник noun (person against whom one is competing)
Malayalam
2 entries- എതിരാളി noun (person against whom one is competing)
- മത്സരാർത്ഥി noun (participant in a competition)
Mongolian
4 entries- өрсөлдөгч noun (person against whom one is competing)
- өрсөлдөгч noun (participant in a competition)
- ᠥᠷᠢᠰᠦᠯᠳᠦᠭᠴᠢ noun (person against whom one is competing)
- ᠥᠷᠢᠰᠦᠯᠳᠦᠭᠴᠢ noun (participant in a competition)
Māori
2 entries- kaitauwhāinga noun (person against whom one is competing)
- kaiwhakataetae noun (participant in a competition)
Norman
1 entries- compétiteu noun (person against whom one is competing)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- konkurrent noun (person against whom one is competing)
Persian
1 entries- رقیب noun (person against whom one is competing)
Polish
4 entries- konkurent noun (person against whom one is competing)
- konkurentka noun (person against whom one is competing)
- rywal noun (person against whom one is competing)
- rywalka noun (person against whom one is competing)
Portuguese
4 entries- adversário noun (person against whom one is competing)
- competidor noun (person against whom one is competing)
- competidor noun (participant in a competition)
- concorrente noun (person against whom one is competing)
Romanian
4 entries- competitoare noun (person against whom one is competing)
- competitor noun (person against whom one is competing)
- competitor noun (participant in a competition)
- concurent noun (person against whom one is competing)
Russian
4 entries- конкуре́нт noun (person against whom one is competing)
- конкуре́нтка noun (person against whom one is competing)
- сопе́рник noun (person against whom one is competing)
- сопе́рник noun (participant in a competition)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- co-fharpaiseach noun (person against whom one is competing)
- co-fharpaiseach noun (participant in a competition)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- konkurent noun (person against whom one is competing)
- konkurent noun (participant in a competition)
- rival noun (person against whom one is competing)
- rival noun (participant in a competition)
Spanish
2 entries- competidor noun (participant in a competition)
- contrincante noun (person against whom one is competing)
Swahili
1 entries- mshindani noun (person against whom one is competing)
Swedish
4 entries- konkurrent noun (person against whom one is competing)
- konkurrent noun (participant in a competition)
- medtävlare noun (person against whom one is competing)
- medtävlare noun (participant in a competition)
Tagalog
1 entries- katagis noun (person against whom one is competing)
Tajik
1 entries- рақиб noun (person against whom one is competing)
Turkish
1 entries- rakip noun (person against whom one is competing)
Ukrainian
4 entries- конкуре́нт noun (person against whom one is competing)
- конкуре́нтка noun (person against whom one is competing)
- супе́рник noun (person against whom one is competing)
- супе́рниця noun (person against whom one is competing)
Uzbek
1 entries- raqib noun (person against whom one is competing)
Vietnamese
1 entries- đối thủ noun (person against whom one is competing)
Welsh
4 entries- cystadleuwr noun (person against whom one is competing)
- cystadleuwr noun (participant in a competition)
- ymrysonwr noun (person against whom one is competing)
- ymrysonwr noun (participant in a competition)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Several years ago, in the course of being interviewed for a job, I was introduced to a competitor for the position.
Source: tatoeba (271065)
The girl wanted to monopolize her father's affection and tended to view her mother as a competitor.
Source: tatoeba (319412)
The competitor twice jumped the gun.
Source: tatoeba (920571)
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