Word Type

Verb

Adjective

The word "competing" can be used as verb and adjective.

Word Relationships

Causes

accomplishment adrenaline rush aggression anger argument bad blood competition contest death defeat enemies engaging in competition with others everyone tries harder exhilirating exhilleration failing free and open marketplace gets ass kicked hatred increased effort jealousy lose lose friend may loose might win perform better pressure rivalry stress sweat tension testing yourself against others thoughts of inferiority trying harder vain thoughts winners and losers winning winning or losing wins wins and loses

Derived Terms

competingly noncompeting

Inflected/Variant Forms

compete

Prerequisites

competition competitive mind competitor effort opponent scorekeeper skill wanting to prove yourself

Subevents

beating oponent contestant gets injured could win trophy everybody loses everybody wins fair match getting additional chances going up against best going up against better competitor good sportsmanship have fun kindling great spirit lack of sportsmanship loose lose losing making great effort play game playing mind games with opposition poor sportsmanship race rankings score points sneaky tactics strong will to win teamwork tie game touchdown try to win try to win competition trying to break record upset use of skill win winning wins and loses

Related Terms

compete

Used For

athletes choosing best of group determining winner excelling fun or money or title having sense of accomplishment having sense of self worth motivating proving who better proving worthy sport sporting sports winning

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.