Meaning

2 senses
  1. Someone who competes with one or more other people.

    Gegner, Konkurrent, Rivale

    сопе́рникsopérnik, сопе́рницаsopérnica, претенде́нтpretendént

  2. Someone who has a viable chance of winning a competition.

More definitions
  • the contestant you hope to defeat

Examples

11 sentences
  1. I want to be a contender.

  2. I could've been a contender.

  3. Tom isn't even a contender.

  4. We didn't mean to disparage our contenders.

    Ми на мали наміру принизити своїх суперників. — deniko

    ruМы не намеревались очернять наших соперников. — astyng

  5. I could have been a contender.

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
someone who competes:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
someone who competes:

Forms

plural: contenders
Singularcontender
Pluralcontenders

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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