noun
Meaning 1
Someone who competes with one or more other people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
contender
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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US: /kənˈtɛn.dɚ/
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rhymes with -ɛndə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: K AH0 N T EH1 N D ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Someone who has a viable chance of winning a competition.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
the contestant you hope to defeat
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he had respect for his rivals
- he wanted to know what the competition was doing
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rival, challenger, competitor, competition
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: contestant
Narrower terms: champion, champ, title-holder, comer, finalist, foe, enemy, front-runner, favorite, favourite, king, queen, world-beater, runner-up, second best, scratch, semifinalist, street fighter, tier, tilter
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English contend Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English contender From contend + -er.
Across languages
Translations
33 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: garues — someone who competes
- Albanian: garuese — someone who competes
- Armenian: մրցակից (mrcʻakicʻ) — someone who competes
- Armenian: հավակնորդ (havaknord) — someone who competes
- Dutch: mededinger — someone who competes
- French: concurrent — someone who competes
- French: rival — someone who competes
- Galician: competidor — someone who competes
- Galician: rival — someone who competes
- Georgian: მეტოქე (meṭoke) — someone who competes
- German: Gegner — someone who competes
- German: Konkurrent — someone who competes
- German: Rivale — someone who competes
- German: Mitbewerber — someone who competes
- Greek: αγωνιζόμενος (agonizómenos) — someone who competes
- Greek: αντίπαλος (antípalos) — someone who competes
- Italian: contendente — someone who competes
- Italian: rivale — someone who competes
- Italian: concorrente — someone who competes
- Italian: competitore — someone who competes
- Macedonian: про́тивник (prótivnik) — someone who competes
- Macedonian: со́перник (sópernik) — someone who competes
- Polish: zawodnik — someone who competes
- Polish: zawodniczka — someone who competes
- Portuguese: competidor — someone who competes
- Russian: сопе́рник (sopérnik) — someone who competes
- Russian: сопе́рница (sopérnica) — someone who competes
- Russian: претенде́нт (pretendént) — someone who competes
- Russian: претенде́нтка (pretendéntka) — someone who competes
- Spanish: contendiente — someone who competes
- Spanish: contendedor — someone who competes
- Turkish: rakip — someone who competes
- Ottoman Turkish: رقیب (rakib) — someone who competes
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