People and roles

Synonyms for competition

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 2, Treeline · 1 sense · noun · Reason line included

The sensenounTier 2, TreelinePeople and roles

the contestant you hope to defeat

He wanted to know what the competition was doing.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

rival

Same sentence, swapped: He wanted to know what the rival was doing.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for competition as it is used in the sentence above.

contention
winner
loser

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