CONTENDER

rival, challenger, competitor, competition, contender

(noun) the contestant you hope to defeat; “he had respect for his rivals”; “he wanted to know what the competition was doing”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

contender (plural contenders)

Someone who competes with one or more other people.

Someone who has a viable chance of winning a competition.

Anagrams

• retconned

Source: Wiktionary


Con*tend"er, n.

Definition: One who contends; a contestant.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

7 January 2025

UNINFORMATIVELY

(adverb) in an uninformative manner; “‘I can’t tell you when the manager will arrive,’ he said rather uninformatively”


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According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.

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