competitive

adjective

Definition of competitivenext
as in competing
having or marked by a strong desire to win or be better than others I am admittedly competitive when it comes to board games.

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Recent Examples of competitive The Cook Political Report announced last week that more competitive races appear to be trending toward Democrats. — Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 3 Oct. 2026 Direct mail flyers sent to Charlotte homes in the south Charlotte area feature basket price comparisons against local grocers Food Lion and Harris Teeter, asserting competitive value on store-brand essentials alongside its premium offerings. — Charlotte Observer, 3 Oct. 2026 Platform is the festival’s only competitive section and this year, the winning film also receives a direct spot in the Academy Awards race for Best International Feature Film. — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 2 Oct. 2026 Restricted intelligence is knowledge whose confidentiality, competitive sensitivity, contractual position, intellectual property or regulatory treatment limits its reuse. — Kelvin Cheema, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for competitive
Recent Examples of Synonyms for competitive
  1. competing
  2. diligent
  3. hungry
  4. aggressive
  5. motivated
  6. dynamic
Adjective
  • When competing schools want to obtain the services of elite athletes but are blocked by NCAA eligibility limits, as has been the case, that’s a potential antitrust problem.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 25 June 2026
  • From the non-competing tier, there’s a few teams who absolutely spent in the 2026 draft, no shade here.
    — Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Definition of competing
Adjective
  • There are no straightforward steps like in the days when a diligent worker could land a job at a good company, work hard to get promoted and hope to climb the corporate ladder.
    — Julia Carpenter, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Edwards said Brown was diligent in going to work and didn’t worry about the weather at all.
    — Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of diligent
Adjective
  • Private investors often tell more diverse stories, take more risks and try to reach an audience that is hungry for content, said Lata Krishnan, a tech investor entering the Hollywood market.
    — Laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The opening two contests couldn’t have gone much worse for the Hawks, and a hungry Sabres team awaits them in Buffalo on Saturday.
    — Kalen Lumpkins, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of hungry
Adjective
  • These two phases of work are joined by Serra’s implicit disavowal of abstraction as a form of imagemaking in favor of an object’s aggressive purchase on the real.
    — Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Her challenger is Herb Morgan, a Republican from San Diego who promises a more aggressive approach to the job.
    — Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of aggressive
Adjective
  • Meanwhile, in both versions of the story, Jeremy is motivated to kill Verity because of the death of his daughter.
    — Glamour, Glamour, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Natural-language coding tools now let a motivated office manager stand up a working solution in an afternoon.
    — Alan Rencher, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of motivated
Adjective
  • There can be two women who are strong and dynamic, who are, at points, up against each other or bumping heads, but have the same mission and goal.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Currently, however, AI is primarily being used for ICE and other surveillance, drone warfare targeting and potential dynamic pricing at places like McDonald’s.
    — Marlow Stern, Variety, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of dynamic

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“Competitive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/competitive. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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