competitor
n. countablen. a person or company that tries to be more successful than others in a contest or in business. You use this when someone is racing against you or selling the same products as you.
n. a person, team, or organization that takes part in a contest or strives for market share against others. Often used in commercial contexts to refer to rival firms within the same industry.
The company is much cheaper than its main competitor.
Every competitor in the marathon must attend a safety briefing before the race begins on Sunday morning.
As globalization lowers barriers to entry, a local business may find that its most dangerous competitor is no longer the shop across the street, but a digital platform operating from another continent.
Borrowed from Middle French compétiteur, from Latin competitor.
Commonly takes the preposition 'of' or 'to' when indicating the relationship to another entity, as in 'a competitor to the market leader'.