CONTENDER

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The contestant you hope to defeat

Example:

he wanted to know what the competition was doing

Synonyms:

challenger; competition; competitor; contender; rival

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("contender" is a kind of...):

contestant (a person who participates in competitions)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "contender"):

champ; champion; title-holder (someone who has won first place in a competition)

comer (someone with a promising future)

finalist (a contestant who reaches the final stages of a competition)

enemy; foe (a personal enemy)

favorite; favourite; front-runner (a competitor thought likely to win)

king; queen; world-beater (a competitor who holds a preeminent position)

runner-up; second best (the competitor who finishes second)

scratch (a competitor who has withdrawn from competition)

semifinalist (one of four competitors remaining in a tournament by elimination)

street fighter (a contestant who is very aggressive and willing to use underhand methods)

tier (any one of two or more competitors who tie one another)

tilter (someone who engages in a tilt or joust)

Derivation:

contend (compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others)