(n.) The act of seeking, or endeavoring to gain, what another is endeavoring to gain at the same time; common strife for the same objects; strife for superiority; emulous contest; rivalry, as for approbation, for a prize, or as where two or more persons are engaged in the same business and each seeking patronage; -- followed by for before the object sought, and with before the person or thing competed with.

antagonism antipathy bad blood championship clashing collision competitor concours conflict contention contest contrariety contrariness corrival cross-purposes cutthroat competition disaccord dissension emulation enmity event fractiousness friction game gamesmanship hostility inimicalness jockeying lifemanship match meet meeting negativeness noncooperation obstinacy one-upmanship oppugnancy perverseness recalcitrance refractoriness rencontre repugnance rivalry strife striving struggle tournament tug-of-war uncooperativeness vying warfare