Synonyms of vying

vying

verb

present participle of vie

as in competing

to engage in a contest

vied with his colleagues for the coveted promotion

Synonyms & Similar Words

• competing
• contending
• fighting
• battling
• racing
• rivaling
• facing off
• playing
• jockeying
• challenging
• jostling
• maneuvering
• engaging
• trying out
• going out
• working
• training

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of vying

Towering Kosovo striker Vedat Muriqi leads the line with Romelu Lukaku vying for his spot, while Mason Greenwood and Nathan Ake have made strong starts to their Super Lig careers. — Nick Miller, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026

Track and field was the second most common high school boys’ sport that year, with more than 580,000 high school track and field athletes vying for spots on just over 1,200 college teams. — Alex Leeds Matthews, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026

With Saturday’s success, Isar is the clear leader among a pack of several European launch startups vying to inject some competition into Europe’s stagnant launch market. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 6 Sep. 2026

One is by looking at the availability of computing resources in the cloud since the companies are all vying for hefty capacity from the same few vendors. — Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 6 Sep. 2026

The programs are vying for a diaspora that is potentially enormous, yet only 1,213 people received citizenship through the four initiatives from 2019 through 2026, according to the Migration Policy Institute. — Yinka Adegoke, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2026

Films vying for awards have increasingly, under Huntsinger, turned Telluride into an Oscar bellwether. — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2026

Wallace, Cindric, van Gisbergen, Preece and Brad Keselowski started the night vying for the final three spots in the 10-race Chase. — ABC News, 29 Aug. 2026

Canada, a fossil energy superpower vying to lead in next-gen clean energy, would be critical here. — Wal Van Lierop, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026