competitor

noun

com·​pet·​i·​tor kəm-ˈpe-tə-tər 

: one that competes: such as

a

: rival

a fierce competitor on the soccer field

b

: one selling or buying goods or services in the same market as another

offering lower prices than our competitors

c

: an organism that lives in competition with another

The squid population increased dramatically when food competitors were depleted by heavy overfishing.

Synonyms

• contestant
• contender
• rival
• challenger

Examples of competitor in a Sentence

We offer better rates than our competitors.

There were more than 500 competitors in the race.

Recent Examples on the Web

Zachary's wife, Kelsey, was a bikini competitor for The National Physique Committee and the owner of Faithfully Fit Supplements and Nutrition, a store in Effingham, Illinois, according to her Instagram account. —Kate Reilly, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2025

That’s well below competitors like OpenAI, whose ChatGPT has 800 million monthly active users. —Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025

The Detroit automaker allocated the electric commercial vans into its Chevrolet brand last year in a bid to boost its performance as GM tries to gain ground against competitors, including Ford and Rivian, in the market. —Jackie Charniga, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025

The breadth and granularity of information available from how people search and navigate the web—data that Google, one of OpenAI’s top competitors, already has access to—could be invaluable for developing future chatbots. —Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2025

Word History

Etymology

see competition

First Known Use

1534, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

competitor

noun

com·​pet·​i·​tor kəm-ˈpet-ət-ər 

: one that competes especially in the selling of goods or services : rival