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competitive definition
competitive |
Grep of noun competitive competitiveness Overview of adj competitive The adj competitive has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (13) competitive, competitory -- (involving competition or competitiveness; "competitive games"; "to improve one's competitive position") 2. (4) competitive, free-enterprise, private-enterprise -- (subscribing to capitalistic competition) 3. (1) competitive, militant -- (showing a fighting disposition without self-seeking; "highly competitive sales representative"; "militant in fighting for better wages for workers"; "his self-assertive and ubiquitous energy") Antonyms of adj competitive 3 senses of competitive Sense 1 competitive (vs. noncompetitive), competitory noncompetitive (vs. competitive) => accommodative, cooperative => monopolistic => uncompetitive Sense 2 competitive, free-enterprise(postnominal), private-enterprise(postnominal) INDIRECT (VIA capitalistic) -> socialistic, socialist Sense 3 competitive, militant INDIRECT (VIA aggressive) -> unaggressive, nonaggressive Similarity of adj competitive 3 senses of competitive Sense 1 competitive (vs. noncompetitive), competitory => agonistic, agonistical, combative => competing(postnominal), rival(postnominal) => contending => emulous, rivalrous => matched Sense 2 competitive, free-enterprise(postnominal), private-enterprise(postnominal) => capitalistic (vs. socialistic), capitalist Sense 3 competitive, militant => aggressive (vs. unaggressive) Attributes of adj competitive Familiarity of adj competitive competitive used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Grep of adj competitive competitive noncompetitive uncompetitive Overview of adj competitive The adj competitive has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (13) competitive, competitory -- (involving competition or competitiveness; "competitive games"; "to improve one's competitive position") 2. (4) competitive, free-enterprise, private-enterprise -- (subscribing to capitalistic competition) 3. (1) competitive, militant -- (showing a fighting disposition without self-seeking; "highly competitive sales representative"; "militant in fighting for better wages for workers"; "his self-assertive and ubiquitous energy")
competitive definition