Synonyms for tournament

Most common

match · contest · tourney

All synonyms

Noun

Definitions

1. n. 1

   During the Middle Ages, a series of battles and other contests designed to prepare knights for war.

Forms

Plural

tournaments → tourneys, matches, contests…

Example sentences

• match The coin toss decides who will kick off the match.
• contest The presidential election is not a beauty contest.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters

match¹

7 letters

contest², tourney²

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (contest² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

tournoi

Italiano

torneo

Español

torneo

Deutsch

Turnier