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Competitory

Acting in competition; competing; rival.

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Agonistic 84% connected

Alt. of Agonistical

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Agonistic 84% connected

Alt. of Agonistical

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Agonistical 84% connected

Pertaining to violent contests, bodily or mental; pertaining to athletic or polemic feats; athletic; combative; hence, strained; unnatural.

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Agonistical 84% connected

Pertaining to violent contests, bodily or mental; pertaining to athletic or polemic feats; athletic; combative; hence, strained; unnatural.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Combative 84% connected

Disposed to engage in combat; pugnacious.

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Combative 84% connected

Disposed to engage in combat; pugnacious.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Emulous 84% connected

Ambitiously desirous to equal or even to excel another; eager to emulate or vie with another; desirous of like excellence with another; -- with of; a…

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Emulous 84% connected

Ambitiously desirous to equal or even to excel another; eager to emulate or vie with another; desirous of like excellence with another; -- with of; a…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Matched 84% connected

of Match

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Matched 84% connected

of Match

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Derivationally related 2

Compete 74% connected

To contend emulously; to seek or strive for the same thing, position, or reward for which another is striving; to contend in rivalry, as for a prize…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Compete 74% connected

To contend emulously; to seek or strive for the same thing, position, or reward for which another is striving; to contend in rivalry, as for a prize…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 1

Competitive 92% connected

Of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; competitory; as, a competitive examination.

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