Synonyms for competitive
- adjective
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Low-cost — cheap, especially used of quality products
2. Competing
competing, rival, emulous rare, competitory dated
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Cheap, especially used of quality products.
- adj. 2
Of or pertaining to competition.
Related words
- Word family
- competitiveness competitivity
- Phrases
- competitive eater competitive eating
Example sentences
- economic Japan is confronted with severe economic problems.
- inexpensive Do you know of any inexpensive hotels around here?
- competing Seven pupils are competing in a tennis tournament.
- reasonable If the price is reasonable, I want to buy the car.
- militant He was the head of the League of Militant Atheists.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| competitive | steady | |
| economic | steady | |
| inexpensive | steady | |
| competing | rising | |
| reasonable | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- rival2
- 7 letters
- emulous
- 8 letters
- economic4, militant3
- 9 letters
- competing3
- 10 letters
- reasonable4
- 11 letters
- inexpensive4, competitory
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (rival2 = 2 syllables).