CONTENDER: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for CONTENDER?

Need another word that means the same as “contender”? Find 4 synonyms and 30 related words for “contender” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Contender” are: challenger, competition, competitor, rival

Contender as a Noun

Definitions of "Contender" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “contender” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• The contestant you hope to defeat.
• A person or group competing with others to achieve something.

Synonyms of "Contender" as a noun (4 Words)

challenger	A person who disputes the truth of or places themselves in opposition to something. The bold challenger of campus orthodoxy.
competition	The person or people over whom one is attempting to establish one’s supremacy or superiority; the opposition. A beauty competition.
competitor	The contestant you hope to defeat. Two competitors were banned for taking drugs.
rival	A person or thing that equals another in quality. He had respect for his rivals.

Usage Examples of "Contender" as a noun

• The major contenders in the football championship.
• A presidential contender.

Associations of "Contender" (30 Words)

antagonist	A drug that neutralizes or counteracts the effects of another drug. When bending the elbow the triceps are the antagonist.
antithetical	Connected with, containing, or using the rhetorical device of antithesis. When praising the government Pyrocles invokes the familiar oxymoronic and antithetical mode.
battle	Battle or contend against in or as if in a battle. The battle lasted for several hours.
challenger	A person who makes a rival claim to or threatens someone’s hold on a position. The bold challenger of campus orthodoxy.
championship	The position or title of the winner of a championship contest. A championship course.
compete	Compete for something engage in a contest measure oneself against others. No one can compete with his physical prowess.
competition	The act of competing as for profit or a prize. Competition with ungulates or condylarths appears to have been the undoing of marsupials in North America.
competitor	An organization or country engaged in commercial or economic competition with others. Two competitors were banned for taking drugs.
contend	Come to terms with. He contended that Communism had no future.
contention	An assertion, especially one maintained in argument. The captured territory was the main area of contention between the two countries.
contest	An occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants. A tennis contest.
contestant	A person who participates in competitions. An anxious contestant on a television quiz show.
counterpart	A person or thing that corresponds to or has the same function as another person or thing in a different place or situation. The minister held talks with his French counterpart.
emasculate	Castrate (a man or male animal). In his mind her success emasculated him.
enemy	A personal enemy. Enemy aircraft.
foe	An armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force. His work was praised by friends and foes alike.
knead	Make bread or pottery by kneading flour or clay. She kneaded his back.
nemesis	A downfall caused by an inescapable agent. Injury consistently his nemesis struck him down during the match.
objector	A person who dissents from some established policy. Objectors to the housing plans.
opponent	Characterized by active hostility. An opponent of the economic reforms.
oppose	Be against; express opposition to. We oppose the ban on abortion.
opposing	Characterized by active hostility. On the opposing page there were two addresses.
outshine	Shine brighter than. A supernova would outshine all the other stars in its galaxy.
outwit	Deceive by greater ingenuity. Ray had outwitted many an opponent.
overtake	Catch up with and possibly overtake. Her car overtook a line of vehicles.
rival	Be the rival of be in competition with. He has no serious rival for the job.
rivalry	Competition for the same objective or for superiority in the same field. There always has been intense rivalry between the clubs.
scourge	Something causing misery or death. Our people did scourge him severely.
unseat	Cause (someone) to fall from a horse or bicycle. Rawhide unseated Kevin Bradley at the first fence.
vie	Compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others. The athletes were vying for a place in the British team.