competition

nouns

a business relation in which two parties compete to gain customers
"business competition can be fiendish at times"
competition
is a type of (narrower)
a relation between different business enterprises
business relation
an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants
competition, contest
the act of competing as for profit or a prize
"the teams were in fierce contention for first place"
competition, contention, rivalry
is derived from
compete
antonym
cooperation
the contestant you hope to defeat
"he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing"
challenger, competition, competitor, contender, rival