ultra-competitive
adjective
(alsoultracompetitive)uk/ˌʌl.trə.kəmˈpet.ɪ.tɪv/us/ˌʌl.trə.kəmˈpet̬.ə.t̬ɪv/extremelycompetitive(=wantingvery much towinor be moresuccessfulthan otherpeople):
He is so ultra-competitive that he canoccasionallybeseengettingangrywith histeammates.
Growing up, hisbrotherwas always the ultra-competitivetype; everything had to be acontest.
Synonym
hyper-competitive
- In the ultra-competitiveworldoffigureskating, onemistakecan be thedifferencebetween agoldmedalandfailure.
- He was at thecentreof an ultra-competitiveteamthatwonfourconsecutiveworldtitles.
- Withitsnewsmartphone, thecompanywasableto get afootholdin an ultra-competitiveelectronicsmarket.
Competing and contending (non-sporting)
- be one up onsomeoneidiom
- bid
- cat
- catchup
- chancer
- close-run
- competition
- contest
- dare
- go in forsomething
- go toe to toeidiom
- hyper-competitive
- in the gameidiom
- intercollegiate
- runsomeonecloseidiom
- runners and ridersidiom
- showing
- slugfest
- snap atsomeone'sheelsidiom
- toe
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