English noun: tournament | |||
1. | tournament (event) a sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner | ||
Synonyms | tourney | ||
Broader (hypernym) | competition, contest | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | elimination tournament, open, round robin, World Cup | ||
2. | tournament (event) a series of jousts between knights contesting for a prize | ||
Broader (hypernym) | competition, contest | ||
Part holonym | joust, tilt | ||