competitive
of, pertaining to, involving, or decided by competition: competitive sports; a competitive examination.
well suited for competition; having a feature that makes for successful competition: a competitive price.
having a strong desire to compete or to succeed.
useful to a competitor; giving a competitor an advantage: He was careful not to divulge competitive information about his invention.
Origin of competitive
1Other words from competitive
- com·pet·i·tive·ly, adverb
- com·pet·i·tive·ness, noun
- an·ti·com·pet·i·tive, adjective
- an·ti·com·pet·i·tive·ly, adverb
- an·ti·com·pet·i·tive·ness, noun
- non·com·pet·i·tive, adjective
- non·com·pet·i·tive·ly, adverb
- non·com·pet·i·tive·ness, noun
- o·ver·com·pet·i·tive, adjective
- o·ver·com·pet·i·tive·ly, adverb
- o·ver·com·pet·i·tive·ness, noun
- pseu·do·com·pet·i·tive, adjective
- pseu·do·com·pet·i·tive·ly, adverb
- qua·si-com·pet·i·tive, adjective
- qua·si-com·pet·i·tive·ly, adverb
- su·per·com·pet·i·tive, adjective
- un·com·pet·i·tive, adjective
- un·com·pet·i·tive·ly, adverb
- un·com·pet·i·tive·ness, noun
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British Dictionary definitions for competitive
/ (kəmˈpɛtɪtɪv) /
involving or determined by rivalry: competitive sports
sufficiently low in price or high in quality to be successful against commercial rivals
relating to or characterized by an urge to compete: a competitive personality
Derived forms of competitive
- competitively, adverb
- competitiveness, noun
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