CONTESTANTS Synonyms
There are 11 hypernyms of the word contestants. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for CONTESTANTS
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adversaries | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who offers opposition | ||||||||
candidates | nounn | |||||||
noun • a politician who is running for public office • someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.) | ||||||||
challengers | nounn | |||||||
noun • the contestant you hope to defeat | ||||||||
competitors | nounn | |||||||
noun • the contestant you hope to defeat | ||||||||
contenders | nounn | |||||||
noun • the contestant you hope to defeat | ||||||||
entrants | nounn | |||||||
noun • a commodity that enters competition with established merchandise • any new participant in some activity • someone who enters • one who enters a competition | ||||||||
participants | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who takes part in an activity • a person who participates in or is skilled at some game | ||||||||
players | nounn | |||||||
noun • a person who participates in or is skilled at some game • someone who plays a music as a profession • a theatrical performer • a person who pursues a number of different social and sexual partners simultaneously • someone who takes part in an activity | ||||||||
rivals | nounn | |||||||
adjective • as a rival in a competition noun • the contestant you hope to defeat verb • be equal to in quality or ability • be the rival of, be in competition with | ||||||||
runners | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who imports or exports without paying duties • someone who travels on foot by running • a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents • a baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base) • a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips • a trained athlete who competes in foot races • (football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play • a long narrow carpet • device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along • fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil | ||||||||
competitor | nounn | |||||||
noun • the contestant you hope to defeat | ||||||||
dissenter | nounn | |||||||
noun • a person who dissents from some established policy | ||||||||
dissident | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • a person who dissents from some established policy adjective satellite • characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards • disagreeing, especially with a majority | ||||||||
objector | nounn | |||||||
noun • a person who dissents from some established policy | ||||||||
protester | nounn | |||||||
noun • a person who dissents from some established policy • someone who participates in a public display of group feeling |