tournament

English Thesaurus

1. a sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner (noun.event)

hypernym	:	competition, contest,
definition	:	an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants (noun.event)

hyponym	:	world cup,
definition	:	a soccer tournament held every four years between national soccer teams to determine a world champion (noun.event)

hyponym	:	elimination tournament,
definition	:	a tournament in which losers are eliminated in successive rounds (noun.event)

hyponym	:	open,
definition	:	a tournament in which both professionals and amateurs may play (noun.event)

hyponym	:	round robin,
definition	:	a tournament in which every contestant plays every other contestant (noun.event)

2. a series of jousts between knights contesting for a prize (noun.event)

hypernym	:	competition, contest,
definition	:	an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants (noun.event)

part holonym	:	joust, tilt,
definition	:	a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances (noun.event)

3. a sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner (noun.event)

derivation	:	tourney,
definition	:	engage in a tourney (verb.competition)

derivation	:	tourney,
definition	:	engage in a tourney (verb.competition)