Need another word that means the same as “compete”? Find 39 synonyms and 30 related words for “compete” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Compete” are: contend, vie, take part, play, be a contestant, be a competitor, participate, be involved, get involved, engage, fight, battle, clash, tussle, grapple, wrestle, wrangle, jockey, wage war, cross swords, lock horns, go head to head, rival, challenge, keep up with, keep pace with, compare with, be the equal of, match up to, match, be on a par with, be in the same class as, be in the same league as, come near to, come close to, touch, approach, approximate, emulate
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “compete” as a verb can have the following definitions:
approach | Come near or nearer to (someone or something) in distance or time. His playing approaches that of Horowitz. |
approximate | Come close or be similar to something in quality, nature, or quantity. Reality can be approximated by computational techniques. |
battle | Battle or contend against in or as if in a battle. Firefighters battled a 9 800 acre brush fire. |
be a competitor | Happen, occur, take place. |
be a contestant | To remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted — used only in infinitive form. |
be in the same class as | Be identical to; be someone or something. |
be in the same league as | Have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun. |
be involved | Represent, as of a character on stage. |
be on a par with | Represent, as of a character on stage. |
be the equal of | Have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun. |
challenge | Issue a challenge to. A new way of life that would challenge them. |
clash | (of colours) appear discordant or ugly when placed close to each other. The yellow shirt clashed with her purple skirt. |
come close to | Reach or enter a state, relation, condition, use, or position. |
come near to | Exist or occur in a certain point in a series. |
compare with | Consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous. |
contend | Come to terms with. He contends that the judge was wrong. |
cross swords | Hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of. |
emulate | Compete with successfully; approach or reach equality with. This artist s drawings cannot emulate his water colors. |
engage | Engage or hire for work. Engage aid help services or support. |
fight | Fight against or resist strongly. General Hill fights his troops well. |
get involved | Cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition. |
go head to head | Be ranked or compare. |
grapple | Succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available. He grappled the young man around the throat. |
jockey | Ride a racehorse as a professional jockey. Both men will be jockeying for the two top jobs. |
keep pace with | Keep in a certain state, position, or activity. |
keep up with | Keep under control; keep in check. |
lock horns | Build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels. |
match | Make equal uniform corresponding or matching. Try to match the colour scheme and graphics of your site to your business culture. |
match up to | Make correspond or harmonize. |
participate | Have or possess (a particular quality. Thousands participated in a nationwide strike. |
play | Make a disc music player or other device produce sounds or recorded images. He plays the flute. |
rival | Be the rival of be in competition with. Nothing can rival cotton for durability. |
take part | Require as useful, just, or proper. |
touch | Be relevant to. He touched his toes to the horse s flanks. |
tussle | Make messy or untidy. The demonstrators tussled with police. |
vie | Compete eagerly with someone in order to do or achieve something. The athletes were vying for a place in the British team. |
wage war | Carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns. |
wrangle | To quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively. The horses were wrangled early. |
wrestle | Combat to overcome an opposing tendency or force. I wrestled with this decision for years. |
antagonist | A substance which interferes with or inhibits the physiological action of another. He turned to confront his antagonist. |
athlete | A person who takes part in competitive track and field events (athletics). He had the broad shouldered build of a natural athlete. |
battle | Battle or contend against in or as if in a battle. They battled over the budget. |
challenger | The contestant you hope to defeat. A potential challenger for the party leadership. |
competition | The activity or condition of striving to gain or win something by defeating or establishing superiority over others. He wanted to know what the competition was doing. |
competitor | An organization or country engaged in commercial or economic competition with others. Two competitors were banned for taking drugs. |
contend | Succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available. She had to contend with his uncertain temper. |
contender | The contestant you hope to defeat. A presidential contender. |
contention | The act of competing as for profit or a prize. The teams were in fierce contention for first place. |
contest | An occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants. She declared her intention to contest the presidency. |
counterpart | One of two copies of a legal document. The minister held talks with his French counterpart. |
emasculate | Remove the testicles of a male animal. In his mind her success emasculated him. |
encounter | Come together. His close encounter with death. |
enemy | A personal enemy. Enemy aircraft. |
marathoner | Someone who participates in long-distance races (especially in marathons. |
nemesis | The inescapable agent of someone’s or something’s downfall. One risks nemesis by uttering such words. |
objector | A person who expresses opposition to or disagreement with something. Objectors to the housing plans. |
opponent | Someone who competes with or opposes another in a contest, game, or argument. Against superior opponents they fell two goals behind. |
oppose | Contrast with equal weight or force. A workers movement opposed the regime. |
opposing | Characterized by active hostility. On the opposing page there were two addresses. |
outmaneuver | Defeat by more skillful maneuvering. The English troops outmaneuvered the Germans. |
outwit | Beat through cleverness and wit. Ray had outwitted many an opponent. |
overtake | Catch up with and possibly overtake. Disaster overtook the town in 1296. |
rival | Be the rival of be in competition with. Nothing can rival cotton for durability. |
rivalry | The act of competing as for profit or a prize. There always has been intense rivalry between the clubs. |
scourge | Punish severely; excoriate. Our people did scourge him severely. |
strive | Attempt by employing effort. Scholars must strive against bias. |
struggle | To exert strenuous effort against opposition. The centre is the result of the scientists struggle to realize their dream. |
unseat | Remove from political office. The Republicans are trying to unseat the liberal Democrat. |
vie | Compete eagerly with someone in order to do or achieve something. The athletes were vying for a place in the British team. |
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