Synonyms of tournaments

tournaments

noun

plural of tournament

as in competitions

a competitive encounter between individuals or groups carried on for amusement, exercise, or in pursuit of a prize

a golf tournament in which professionals compete against amateurs

Synonyms & Similar Words

• competitions
• games
• events
• matches
• championships
• contests
• sports
• tourneys
• bouts
• matchups
• meets
• sweepstakes
• athletics
• battles
• races
• skirmishes
• semifinals
• nationals
• scrimmages
• finals
• derbies
• outings
• tussles
• struggles
• heats
• marathons
• triathlons
• rounds
• conflicts
• rallies
• runs
• tugs-of-war
• gymkhanas
• play-offs
• volleys
• runoffs
• field days
• decathlons
• rubbers
• biathlons
• round-robins
• sudden deaths
• ultramarathons
• nightcaps
• pentathlons
• classics
• seesaws
• sets
• heptathlons
• dead heats
• photo finishes

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of tournaments

With the great, historic venues available in the league, most of which are easy for fans to reach, the Ivy’s four-team format was one of the most exciting and enjoyable of the conference tournaments. — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 20 Sep. 2026

Open tournaments will also be introduced for football, boys and girls basketball, boys and girls soccer, boys and girls lacrosse, fastpitch softball, baseball and girls flag football. — Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Sep. 2026

Two previous organizations led by Coker, Bellator and Strikeforce, held four-fighter tournaments more recently before they were sold. — Oskar Garcia, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

For 16 years, Jamie Cox and her husband have been taking their four kids to soccer practice, games and tournaments throughout Johnson County. — Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 5 Sep. 2026

Now the tournaments are held in different years with the men's championship a year before the Olympics and the women's tourney two years before the Games. — ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026

And since their father, Richard Williams, largely kept them out of junior tournaments, that interdependent learning likely proved especially potent. — Douglas Robson, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026