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Contestant

One who contests; an opponent; a litigant; a disputant; one who claims that which has been awarded to another.

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Actor 76% connected

One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.

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Doer 76% connected

One who does; one performs or executes; one who is wont and ready to act; an actor; an agent.

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Worker 76% connected

One who, or that which, works; a laborer; a performer; as, a worker in brass.

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Agonist 76% connected

One who contends for the prize in public games.

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Athlete 76% connected

One who contended for a prize in the public games of ancient Greece or Rome.

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Challenger 76% connected

One who challenges.

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Co 76% connected

a hard ferromagnetic silver-white bivalent or trivalent metallic element; a trace element in plant and animal nutrition

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Competition 76% connected

The act of seeking, or endeavoring to gain, what another is endeavoring to gain at the same time; common strife for the same objects; strife for supe…

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Competitor 76% connected

One who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; a rival.

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Contender 76% connected

One who contends; a contestant.

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Defaulter 76% connected

One who makes default; one who fails to appear in court when court when called.

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Entrant 76% connected

One who enters; a beginner.

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Loser 76% connected

One who loses.

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Nonconformist 76% connected

One who does not conform to an established church; especially, one who does not conform to the established church of England; a dissenter.

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Opponent 76% connected

Situated in front; opposite; hence, opposing; adverse; antagonistic.

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Opposite 76% connected

Placed over against; standing or situated over against or in front; facing; -- often with to; as, a house opposite to the Exchange.

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Opposition 76% connected

The act of opposing; an attempt to check, restrain, or defeat; resistance.

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Outsider 76% connected

One not belonging to the concern, institution, party, etc., spoken of; one disconnected in interest or feeling.

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Participant 76% connected

Sharing; participating; having a share of part.

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Player 76% connected

One who plays, or amuses himself; one without serious aims; an idler; a trifler.

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Qualifier 76% connected

One who, or that which, qualifies; that which modifies, reduces, tempers or restrains.

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Recusant 76% connected

Obstinate in refusal; specifically, in English history, refusing to acknowledge the supremacy of the king in the churc, or to conform to the establis…

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Rival 76% connected

A person having a common right or privilege with another; a partner.

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Starter 76% connected

One who, or that which, starts; as, a starter on a journey; the starter of a race.

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Victor 76% connected

The winner in a contest; one who gets the better of another in any struggle; esp., one who defeats an enemy in battle; a vanquisher; a conqueror; --…

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Winner 76% connected

One who wins, or gains by success in competition, contest, or gaming.

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Withdrawer 76% connected

One who withdraws; one who takes back, or retracts.

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Protest 74% connected

To affirm in a public or formal manner; to bear witness; to declare solemnly; to avow.

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Protest 74% connected

To affirm in a public or formal manner; to bear witness; to declare solemnly; to avow.

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Resist 74% connected

To stand against; to withstand; to obstruct.

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Resist 74% connected

To stand against; to withstand; to obstruct.

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Synonym 4

Dissenter 92% connected

One who dissents; one who differs in opinion, or declares his disagreement.

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Dissident 92% connected

No agreeing; dissenting; discordant; different.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Objector 92% connected

One who objects; one who offers objections to a proposition or measure.

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Protester 92% connected

One who protests; one who utters a solemn declaration.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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