All dog eat dog synonyms
dog eat dog
D d noun dog eat dog
- contest β A contest is a competition or game in which people try to win.
- championship β A championship is a competition to find the best player or team in a particular sport.
- clash β When people clash, they fight, argue, or disagree with each other.
- meeting β an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races: a track meet.
- tournament β a trial of skill in some game, in which competitors play a series of contests: a chess tournament.
- fight β a battle or combat.
- trial β German Der Prozess. a novel (1925) by Franz Kafka.
- game β an amusement or pastime: children's games.
- race β Cape, a cape at the SE extremity of Newfoundland.
- struggle β to contend with an adversary or opposing force.
- sport β an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
- rivalry β the action, position, or relation of a rival or rivals; competition: rivalry between Yale and Harvard.
- match β a person or thing that equals or resembles another in some respect.
- candidacy β Someone's candidacy is their position of being a candidate in an election.
- run β execution
- contention β Someone's contention is the idea or opinion that they are expressing in an argument or discussion.
- antagonism β Antagonism between people is hatred or dislike between them. Antagonisms are instances of this.
- tilt β to furnish with a tilt.
- puzzle β a toy, problem, or other contrivance designed to amuse by presenting difficulties to be solved by ingenuity or patient effort.
- strife β vigorous or bitter conflict, discord, or antagonism: to be at strife.
- quiz β an informal test or examination of a student or class.
- counteraction β to act in opposition to; frustrate by contrary action.
- jungle β a novel (1906) by Upton Sinclair.
- opposition β the action of opposing, resisting, or combating.
- bout β If you have a bout of an illness or of an unpleasant feeling, you have it for a short period.
- controversy β Controversy is a lot of discussion and argument about something, often involving strong feelings of anger or disapproval.
- racing β a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- warfare β the process of military struggle between two nations or groups of nations; war.
- matchup β a pairing or combining; linkage: a match-up of federal funds with state aid.
adj dog eat dog
- mean β to intend for a particular purpose, destination, etc.: They were meant for each other. Synonyms: destine, foreordain.
- ambitious β Someone who is ambitious has a strong desire to be successful, rich, or powerful.
- vying β to strive in competition or rivalry with another; contend for superiority: Swimmers from many nations were vying for the title.
- competing β Competing ideas, requirements, or interests cannot all be right or satisfied at the same time.
- ferocious β savagely fierce, as a wild beast, person, action, or aspect; violently cruel: a ferocious beating.
- unrelenting β not relenting; not yielding or swerving in determination or resolution, as of or from opinions, convictions, ambitions, ideals, etc.; inflexible: an unrelenting opponent of the Equal Rights Amendment.
- implacable β not to be appeased, mollified, or pacified; inexorable: an implacable enemy.
- inexorable β unyielding; unalterable: inexorable truth; inexorable justice.
- harsh β ungentle and unpleasant in action or effect: harsh treatment; harsh manners.
- callous β A callous person or action is very cruel and shows no concern for other people or their feelings.
- severe β harsh; unnecessarily extreme: severe criticism; severe laws.
- grim β stern and admitting of no appeasement or compromise: grim determination; grim necessity.
- unyielding β unable to bend or be penetrated under pressure; hard: trees so unyielding that they broke in the harsh north winds.
- unforgiving β not disposed to forgive or show mercy; unrelenting.
- unsparing β not sparing; liberal or profuse; excessive.
- inhumane β not humane; lacking humanity, kindness, compassion, etc.
- rancorous β full of or showing rancor.
- cold-blooded β Someone who is cold-blooded does not show any pity or emotion.
- sadistic β pertaining to or characterized by sadism; deriving pleasure or sexual gratification from extreme cruelty: a sadistic psychopath.
- malevolent β wishing evil or harm to another or others; showing ill will; ill-disposed; malicious: His failures made him malevolent toward those who were successful.
- vindictive β disposed or inclined to revenge; vengeful: a vindictive person.