These are words often used in combination with competitor.
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chief competitorMoreover, both railwaymen and road hauliers are wrong in assuming that each is the other's chief competitor. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 closest competitorThus, the market definition should be expanded to include the next closest competitor or product. From the Cambridge English Corpus efficient competitorMy concern is for the strong and efficient competitor who sees his inefficient rival using his money, paid in taxes, to compete with him. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. See all collocations with competitor