Competitor
Competitor noun - One who strives for the same thing as another.
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Synonyms for Competitor
Runner and competitor are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Runner" instead a noun "Competitor".
Runner
Runner noun - A person who imports or exports goods secretly and illegally.
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Synonyms for Runner
Nearby Word: running
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- possibility and competitor
- possibility and runner
- petitioner and competitor
- petitioner and runner
- applicant and competitor
- applicant and runner
- aspirant and competitor
- aspirant and runner
- candidate and competitor
- candidate and runner
- claimant and competitor
- claimant and runner
- contestant and competitor
- contestant and runner
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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A young Athenian runner befriends his Spartan competitor at the Olympic Games in the middle of The Peloponnesian War.
Source: Creator / Rosemary Sutcliff - Homestar is a Secret Character in the game, and humorously, the opposite happens: Homestar is a runner, so the Rubber Banding competitor is actually the only one Homestar has any trouble beating.
Source: Rubber Band AI - For many years, Family Dollar was the clear front runner, but Dollar General took off in The New Tens to surpass its competitor by over 3,000 locations and over $6 billion in revenue.
Source: Dueling Products
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Runner and Competitor. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/competitor/runner
Competitor & Runner. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/competitor/runner>.
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