adj
Meaning 1
Of or pertaining to competition.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: cooperative, anticompetitive
Standard Lemma guide
competitive
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /kəmˈpɛt.ɪ.tɪv/
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Canada, General-American: /kəmˈpɛt.ə.tɪv/
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Canada, General-American: [kəmˈpɛɾɪtɪv]
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Australian: /kəmˈpet.ə.tɪv/
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Australian: [kəmˈpeɾətɪv]
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adj
Meaning 2
Inclined to compete.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Capable of competing successfully.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: economics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
Relating to the inhibition of the effects of a chemical substance by another substance competing with it for binding or bonding.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
Examples
- competitive antagonist
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 5
Cheap, especially used of quality products.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: economic, inexpensive, low-cost, bargainous, brand X, budget, cheap, cheapie, cheapo, cheesy, competitive, economical, el cheapo, low-end, low-priced, nickel, sixpenny, tinhorn, two a penny, unexpensive
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 6
involving competition or competitiveness
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- competitive games
- to improve one's competitive position
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: competitory
Antonyms: noncompetitive
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
showing a fighting disposition
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- highly competitive sales representative
- militant in fighting for better wages for workers
- his self-assertive and ubiquitous energy
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: militant
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 8
subscribing to capitalistic competition
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: free-enterprise(a), private-enterprise(a)
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Latin competītus (past participle of competere) + -ive.
Across languages
Translations
71 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: تَنَافُسِيّ (tanāfusiyy) — of or pertaining to competition
- Belarusian: канкурэ́нтны (kankuréntny) — of or pertaining to competition
- Bulgarian: състезателен (sǎstezatelen) — of or pertaining to competition
- Bulgarian: конкурентен (konkurenten) — of or pertaining to competition
- Catalan: competitiu — of or pertaining to competition
- Czech: soutěžní — of or pertaining to competition
- Czech: konkurenční — of or pertaining to competition
- Finnish: kilpailullinen — of or pertaining to competition
- Galician: competitivo — of or pertaining to competition
- German: Wettbewerbs- — of or pertaining to competition
- German: Konkurrenz- — of or pertaining to competition
- German: Wettkampf- — of or pertaining to competition
- German: sportlich — of or pertaining to competition
- German: auf Wettbewerb beruhend — of or pertaining to competition
- German: wettkampfmäßig — of or pertaining to competition
- Hebrew: תחרותי (takharutí) — of or pertaining to competition
- Indonesian: kompetitif — of or pertaining to competition
- Manx: cohirreydagh — of or pertaining to competition
- Polish: konkurencyjny — of or pertaining to competition
- Portuguese: competitivo — of or pertaining to competition
- Romanian: competițional — of or pertaining to competition
- Romanian: competitiv — of or pertaining to competition
- Russian: конкуре́нтный (konkuréntnyj) — of or pertaining to competition
- Ukrainian: конкуре́нтний (konkuréntnyj) — of or pertaining to competition
- Bulgarian: конкурентноспособен (konkurentnosposoben) — inclined to compete
- Catalan: competitiu — inclined to compete
- Czech: soutěživý — inclined to compete
- Dutch: competitief — inclined to compete
- Finnish: kilpailuhenkinen — inclined to compete
- French: compétitif — inclined to compete
- Galician: competitivo — inclined to compete
- German: kompetitiv — inclined to compete
- German: wettbewerblich — inclined to compete
- German: wetteifernd — inclined to compete
- Hebrew: תחרותי (takharutí) — inclined to compete
- Hindi: प्रतिस्पर्धी (pratispardhī) — inclined to compete
- Manx: cohirreydagh — inclined to compete
- Polish: nastawiony na współzawodnictwo — inclined to compete
- Portuguese: competitivo — inclined to compete
- Swedish: tävlingsinriktad — inclined to compete
- Tagalog: matagisin — inclined to compete
- Azerbaijani: rəqabətdavamlı — economics: capable of competing successfully
- Belarusian: канкурэнтаздо́льны (kankurentazdólʹny) — economics: capable of competing successfully
- Bulgarian: конкурентноспособен (konkurentnosposoben) — economics: capable of competing successfully
- Catalan: competitiu — economics: capable of competing successfully
- Danish: konkurrencedygtig — economics: capable of competing successfully
- Finnish: kilpailukykyinen — economics: capable of competing successfully
- German: wettbewerbsfähig — economics: capable of competing successfully
- German: konkurrenzfähig — economics: capable of competing successfully
- Hebrew: תחרותי (takharutí) — economics: capable of competing successfully
- Hungarian: versenyképes — economics: capable of competing successfully
- Manx: cohirreydagh — economics: capable of competing successfully
- Polish: konkurencyjny — economics: capable of competing successfully
- Portuguese: competitivo — economics: capable of competing successfully
- Romanian: competitiv — economics: capable of competing successfully
- Russian: конкурентоспосо́бный (konkurentosposóbnyj) — economics: capable of competing successfully
- Spanish: competitivo — economics: capable of competing successfully
- Swedish: konkurrenskraftig — economics: capable of competing successfully
- Tagalog: matagisin — economics: capable of competing successfully
- Ukrainian: конкурентоспромо́жний (konkurentospromóžnyj) — economics: capable of competing successfully
- Ukrainian: конкурентозда́тний (konkurentozdátnyj) — economics: capable of competing successfully
- French: compétitif — biochemistry: inhibiting an enzyme
- Italian: competitivo — biochemistry: inhibiting an enzyme
- Portuguese: competitivo — biochemistry: inhibiting an enzyme
- Spanish: competitivo — biochemistry: inhibiting an enzyme
- Catalan: competitiu — of price: cheap
- Finnish: kilpailukykyinen — of price: cheap
- French: compétitif — of price: cheap
- German: konkurrenzfähig — of price: cheap
- Hebrew: תחרותי (takharutí) — of price: cheap
- Portuguese: competitivo — of price: cheap
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