Synonyms of the word

competition

• n. (uncountable) The action of competing.
• n. (countable) A contest for a prize or award.
• n. (uncountable, collectively) The competitors in such a contest.

challenger

• n. One who challenges.

competitor

• n. A person or organization against whom one is competing.
• n. A participant in a competition, especially in athletics.

contender

• n. Someone who competes with one or more other people.
• n. Someone who has a viable chance of winning a competition.

contention

• n. argument, contest, debate, strife, struggle.
• n. A point maintained in an argument, or a line of argument taken in its support; the subject matter of discussion…
• n. (computing, telecommunications) Competition by parts of a system or its users for a limited resource.

contest

• n. (uncountable) Controversy; debate.
• n. (uncountable) Struggle for superiority; combat.
• n. (countable) A competition.
• v. (intransitive) To contend.
• v. (transitive) To call into question; to oppose.
• v. (transitive) To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend.
• v. (law) To make a subject of litigation; to defend, as a suit; to dispute or resist, as a claim, by course…

contestant

• n. A participant in a contest.

rival

• n. A competitor (person, team, company, etc.) with the same goal as another, or striving to attain the same…
• n. Someone or something with similar claims of quality or distinction as another.
• n. (obsolete) One having a common right or privilege with another; a partner.
• adj. Having the same pretensions or claims; standing in competition for superiority.
• v. (transitive) To oppose or compete with.
• v. To be equal to or to surpass another.
• v. To strive to equal or excel; to emulate.

rivalry

• n. The relationship between two or more rivals who regularly compete with each other. The term usually applies…
• n. In economics, rivalry is a characteristic of a good. Rivalrous goods are those which can be consumed by…