Synonyms and antonyms of Words used to describe competitive situations in American Thesaurus

comfortable (adjective)

easily won

competitive (adjective)

a competitive activity is one in which companies or teams are competing against each other

convincing (adjective)

a convincing win is one in which one team or player beats another easily

decisive (adjective)

a decisive victory or defeat is one in which the winner does much better than the loser

devastating (adjective)

extremely effective and very difficult to argue with or compete against

dog eat dog ()

a situation in which people compete very hard and will do anything to be successful

friendly (adjective)

used for saying that people compete with each other but are friends

handsome (adjective)

a handsome victory is achieved easily and by a large amount

hardball (adjective)

American using any methods to defeat someone, especially in business or politics, even methods that are unfair or dishonest

high-stakes (adjective)

a high-stakes test or exam has important consequences for the person taking it, for example, if you fail you are not allowed to move on to the next level

hot (adjective)

informal involving a lot of activity or competition

hotly (adverb)

involving people who are competing very hard with one another

hypercompetitive (adjective)

involving extremely strong competition

indecisive (adjective)

not producing a clear result or winner

noncompetitive (adjective)

not involving competition between businesses, organizations, or teams

too close to call ()

if the result of a competition or election is too close to call, it is not clear who the winner is until the competition has ended or until all the votes have been counted

wide open ()

with no obvious winner yet