competitive

1. 1.

   involving competition or competitiveness

   “competitive games”

   “to improve one's competitive position”

   Synonymscompetitory

   Antonymsnoncompetitive

   Similaragonisticemulousmatched
2. 2.

   subscribing to capitalistic competition

   Synonymsfree-enterpriseprivate-enterprise

   Similarcapitalistic
3. 3.

   showing a fighting disposition

   “highly competitive sales representative”

   “militant in fighting for better wages for workers”

   “his self-assertive and ubiquitous energy”

   Synonymsmilitant

   Similaraggressive

Questions about competitive

What does competitive mean?

competitive means "involving competition or competitiveness". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in competitive?

competitive has 4 syllables: com-pet-i-tive. The stress falls on "pet". In IPA it is /kəmˈpɛtətɪv/.

What is another word for competitive?

Close synonyms include competitory, free-enterprise, private-enterprise, militant. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of competitive?

The recorded antonyms are noncompetitive.

Is competitive a common word?

competitive is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with competitive?

2 words rhyme with competitive. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.