contest
Noun
-
is a type of: social event - an event characteristic of persons forming groupssubtypes:
- game - a single play of a sport or other contest
- athletic competition, athletic contest, athletics - a contest between athletes
- bout - a contest or fight (especially between boxers or wrestlers)
- championship - a competition at which a champion is chosen
- chicken - a foolhardy competition; a dangerous activity that is continued until one competitor becomes afraid and stops
- cliffhanger - a contest whose outcome is uncertain up to the very end
- dogfight - a fiercely disputed contest
- race - a contest of speed
- tournament, tourney - a sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner
- playoff - any final competition to determine a championship
- rubber - a contest consisting of a series of successive matches between the same sides
- series - (sports) several contests played successively by the same teams
- field trial - a contest between gun dogs to determine their proficiency in pointing and retrieving
- match - a formal contest in which two or more persons or teams compete
- tournament - a series of jousts between knights contesting for a prize
- race - any competition
- spelldown, spelling bee, spelling contest - a contest in which you are eliminated if you fail to spell a word correctly
- trial - (sports) a preliminary competition to determine qualifications
same as: competition -
subtypes:
- battle of wits - a contest in which intelligence rather than violence is used
- bidding contest - a series of competing bids
- popularity contest - competition (real or figurative) for popular support
Verb
-
is a type of: oppose - be against; express opposition to
Found on Word Lists
Other Searches
- Rhyme: Dillfrog, RhymeZone
- Definition: Wiktionary, Dictionary.com, Wikipedia, Merriam-Webster, WordNet, Power Thesaurus
- Imagery: Google, Flickr, Bing