COMPETITIVE

competitive, militant

(adjective) showing a fighting disposition; “highly competitive sales representative”; “militant in fighting for better wages for workers”; “his self-assertive and ubiquitous energy”

competitive, free-enterprise, private-enterprise

(adjective) subscribing to capitalistic competition

competitive, competitory

(adjective) involving competition or competitiveness; “competitive games”; “to improve one’s competitive position”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

competitive (comparative more competitive, superlative most competitive)

(economics) capable of competing successfully

of or pertaining to competition

Antonym: cooperative

(of someone's character) inclined to compete

(biochemistry) inhibiting the action of an enzyme by binding with it

(euphemistically, of prices) cheap, especially used of quality products

Source: Wiktionary


Com*pet"i*tive, a.

Definition: Of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; competitory; as, a competitive examination.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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1 May 2025

ECONOMIC

(adjective) of or relating to an economy, the system of production and management of material wealth; “economic growth”; “aspects of social, political, and economical life”


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