Contest
Contest noun - A competitive encounter between individuals or groups carried on for amusement, exercise, or in pursuit of a prize.
Usage example: a contest for the gold medal in diving
Event is a synonym for contest in tournament topic. In some cases you can use "Event" instead a noun "Contest", when it comes to topics like tourney.
Event
Event noun - A competitive encounter between individuals or groups carried on for amusement, exercise, or in pursuit of a prize.
Usage example: figure skating is usually one of the most popular events in the winter Olympics
Contest is a synonym for event in competition topic. You can use "Contest" instead a noun "Event", if it concerns topics such as performance, sport, tournament, tourney.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| notable | notable contest | notable event |
| particular | particular contest | particular event |
| similar | similar contest | similar event |
| single | single contest | single event |
| Other adjectives: small, actual, entire, real, big, famous, possible, final, funny, titular, next, last, yearly, previous, annual, upcoming, promotional. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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There's a magical beauty contest in American Dragon: Jake Long which Jake has to escort a contestant to the event as well as investigate it.
Source: Beauty Contest -
Contest of Champions brings back the original Night Thrasher who was apparently killed in the event which set off the original Civil War event.
- Each year, the Swedish State Television holds a six-episode national contest in six different cities (who struggle to host the event).
Source: Serious Business / Music
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Event and Contest. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/contest/event
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Event or Contest. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/contest/event.
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