Associations to the word «Competitor»

Wiktionary

COMPETITOR, noun. A person or organization against whom one is competing.
COMPETITOR, noun. A participant in a competition, especially in athletics.

Dictionary definition

COMPETITOR, noun. The contestant you hope to defeat; "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats