outcompeting
Winning against competitors
Outcompeting is surpassing rivals through superior performance or strategy.
The term appears most often in biological and business contexts: Invasive species outcompeting native plants for resources, The startup is outcompeting established firms on price.
To outcompete is to win not by eliminating competitors directly but by being more effective at securing what both parties want.
Doing better than others
- outdoingSurpassing in performance
- outpacingExceeding another's speed
- eclipsingObscuring by surpassing
- overtakingGetting ahead of another
excelling · besting · outstripping · outdistancing · outshining · topping · trumping · outmatching
Percentage of sector sales
- disruptingInterfering with normal function
- undercuttingCharging less than rivals
- pricing outMaking too expensive
- monopolizingTaking exclusive control
cornering · capturing · dominating · leading · industry leader · incumbent · upstart · challenger
Competing as equals
- vyingCompeting eagerly for something
- contendingStriving in rivalry
- challengingHard to accomplish
- jockeyingCompeting for advantage
battling · struggling · clashing · fighting · displacing · unseating · dethroning · undercutting
Good physical shape
- survivalRemaining alive against odds
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- natural selectionDifferential reproductive success
- nicheRecessed wall space
species · invasive · displacement · resources · predation · foraging · habitat · reproductive success
outperforming
Doing better than others
overtaking · excelling · besting · outstripping · outdistancing · outshining · topping · trumping · outmatching · transcending
market share
Percentage of sector sales
- disruptingInterfering with normal function
- undercuttingCharging less than rivals
- pricing outMaking too expensive
monopolizing · cornering · capturing · dominating · leading · industry leader · incumbent · upstart · challenger · positioning
rivaling
Competing as equals
- vyingCompeting eagerly for something
- contendingStriving in rivalry
- challengingHard to accomplish
jockeying · battling · struggling · clashing · fighting · displacing · unseating · dethroning · undercutting · crowding out
fitness
Good physical shape
- survivalRemaining alive against odds
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- natural selectionDifferential reproductive success
niche · species · invasive · displacement · resources · predation · foraging · habitat · reproductive success · Darwinian
outcompetingfalling behind
outcompetingsupporting
Bearing or sustaining
accommodating · complementing · aiding · helping · assisting
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