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Winner

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

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Broader term 5

Actor 76% connected

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

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Contestant 76% connected

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

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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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.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Gambler 76% connected

One who gambles.

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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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Narrower term 5

Great 76% connected

Large in space; of much size; big; immense; enormous; expanded; -- opposed to small and little; as, a great house, ship, farm, plain, distance, lengt…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Highflier 76% connected

One who is extravagant in pretensions, opinions, or manners.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Medalist 76% connected

A person that is skilled or curious in medals; a collector of medals.

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Natural 76% connected

Fixed or determined by nature; pertaining to the constitution of a thing; belonging to native character; according to nature; essential; characterist…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Sleeper 76% connected

One who sleeps; a slumberer; hence, a drone, or lazy person.

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Derivationally related 4

Gain 74% connected

A square or beveled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Gain 74% connected

A square or beveled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Win 74% connected

To gain by superiority in competition or contest; to obtain by victory over competitors or rivals; as, to win the prize in a gate; to win money; to w…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Win 74% connected

To gain by superiority in competition or contest; to obtain by victory over competitors or rivals; as, to win the prize in a gate; to win money; to w…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 4

Achiever 92% connected

One who achieves; a winner.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Succeeder 92% connected

A successor.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Success 92% connected

Act of succeeding; succession.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Victor 92% 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; --…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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