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tion; counteraction, reaction; equalization, balance, symmetry; adjustment, accommodation, handicap, adaptation. compete, v. vie, contend, strive, struggle, fight, wrestle, tussle, grapple, jockey for position; combat, fight, battle, spar, joust, tilt, fence; meet, breast, lock horns, clash, collide, encounter, engage; participate, enter, throw or toss one's hat in the ring; rival, emulate, match, contest, oppose, challenge, play against, pit oneself against, try to beat [s.o.'s] time, defend one's title. competence, n. 1. fitness, fittedness, competency, qualification, eligibility, preparedness, readiness; capability, capableness, efficiency, commensurability, the stuff, Inf. what it takes, U.S. Inf. the goods; ability, ableness, efficacy, efficaciousness, effectiveness, effectivity; mastery, authority, expertness, expertise; proficiency, adeptness, address, finesse, facility, polish; practice, experience, know-how, savoir-faire; skillfulness, adroitness, deftness, dexterity, dexterousness; knowledgeability, understanding, Sl. savvy; conversance, familiarity.
2. adequacy, commodiousness, ampleness, substantialness; abundance, plenteousness, saturation, Rare. impletion; enough, fill, charge, full measure, plenty.
3. sufficiency, enough, sustenance, living, livelihood, support, subsistence; wherewithal, means; affluence, wealth, fortune, Sl. bundle.
4. responsibility, accountability; reasonableness, sensibleness, rationalness; saneness, soundness. competent, adj. 1. fit, fitted, qualified, eligible, prepared, well-grounded, trained, ready; capable, efficient, Sl. on the ball, commensurate, equal to, Inf. up to; able, efficacious, effective, effectual; masterful, expert, authoritative; proficient, adept, accomplished, polished, practiced, experienced, Fr. au fait', adroit, deft, dexterous, skilled, skillful; knowledgeable, versed, well-informed, Inf. knowing the ropes, Sl. savvy; conversant, familiar, up.
2. satisfactory, Inf. up to snuff; acceptable, adequate all right, Inf. O.K.; unexceptional, unremarkable, so so.
3. responsible, accountable; reasonable, sensible, rational; sane, mentally sound, Latin, compos mentis. competition, n. 1. contest, game, meet, match, one-on-one; bout, tournament, encounter, engagement, athletic event; race, run, sweepstakes, run for one's money; contention, challenge, opposition; strife, struggle, conflict, clash, fight, infighting, Sl. rat race.
2. rivalry, vying, emulation, Inf. one-upmanship, Inf. keeping up with the Joneses.
3. rival, challenger, competer. See competitor (defs. 1, 2). competitive, adj. 1. rival, vying, emulative, competing, Rare, corival; striving, emulous, ambitious, aggressive, dog-eat-dog, cutthroat.
2. opposing, contentious, antagonistic, conflicting; combative, ready to fight, competitory. competitor, n. 1. rival, vier, opponent, Rare, corival; opposition, competition, enemy, foe, antagonist, other side.
2. emulator, challenger, contender, bidder, aspirant; contestant, participant, entrant, candidate.
3. fighter, battler, jouster, competer, U.S. Inf. go-getter. compilation, n. 1. compiling, gathering, accumulating, assembling, collecting, aggregating, drawing together, collating, colligating; gleaning, garnering, mustering; unifying, incorporating, marshalling; organizing, ordering, codifying, methodizing, systematizing.