contestant
Other forms: contestants
A contestant is someone who competes in a game or contest. Contestants in many beauty competitions need to demonstrate a talent, like singing or dancing, as well as look pretty.
If you're a contestant on a TV game show, you might have to answer trivia questions, and if you're a debate contestant, you need to argue your case clearly. You can also be a contestant in a sporting competition or on a reality show. Contestant comes from the verb contest, from the French contester, "oppose," which has a Latin root, contestari, "to bring action."
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a person who participates in competitionstypes:agonistsomeone involved in a contest or battle (as in an agon)defaultera contestant who forfeits a matchentrantone who enters a competitionlong shota contestant that is unlikely to winoutsidera contestant (human or animal) not considered to have a good chance to winpothuntersomeone who participates in contests in order to collect trophiesqualifiera contestant who meets certain requirements and so qualifies to take part in the next stage of competitionstartera contestant in a team sport who is in the game at the beginningwithdrawera contestant who withdraws from competitioncontesteea winner (of a race or an election etc.) whose victory is contestedacrobatan athlete who performs acts requiring skill and agility and coordinationamateuran athlete who does not play for payball hawka team athlete who is skilled at stealing or catching the ballbilliard playersomeone who plays billiardsbowlera player who rolls balls down an alley at pinscard playersomeone who plays (or knows how to play) card gameschess playersomeone who plays the game of chessclimbersomeone who climbs as a sport; especially someone who climbs mountainscomersomeone with a promising futurecricketeran athlete who plays cricketdart playersomeone who plays the game of dartsfinalista contestant who reaches the final stages of a competitiongrandmastera player of exceptional or world class skill in chess or bridgegymnastan athlete who is skilled in gymnasticshooker(rugby) the player in the middle of the front row of the scrum who tries to capture the ball with the foothurdleran athlete who runs the hurdlesjumperan athlete who competes at jumpinglacrosse playeran athlete who plays lacrosselettermanan athlete who has earned a letter in a school sportold maidthe loser in a game of old maidOlympianan athlete who participates in the Olympic gamespentathletean athlete who competes in a pentathlonplaymakera player in a team sport who leads attacks or maneuvers in such a way that a teammate can scorepool playersomeone who shoots poolrunnera trained athlete who competes in foot racesscorera player who makes a score in a game or contestscratcha competitor who has withdrawn from competitionsemifinalistone of four competitors remaining in a tournament by eliminationserver(court games) the player who serves to start a pointsharpshooteran athlete noted for accurate aimshooter(sports) a player who drives or kicks a ball at the goal (or a basketball player who shoots at the basket)shot putteran athlete who competes in the shot putskatersomeone who skatesskiersomeone who skissleddersomeone who rides a sledsoccer playeran athlete who plays soccerstarting pitcher(baseball) a pitcher who starts in a baseball gamestringera member of a squad on a teamstreet fightera contestant who is very aggressive and willing to use underhand methodsstrikera forward on a soccer teamreserve, second-stringer, substitutean athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replacedswimmera trained athlete who participates in swimming meetsswingersomeone who swings sports implementstennis playeran athlete who plays tennistierany one of two or more competitors who tie one anothertiltersomeone who engages in a tilt or joustupsetteran unexpected winner; someone who defeats the favorite competitorpole jumper, pole vaulter, vaulteran athlete who jumps over a high crossbar with the aid of a long polevolleyball playersomeone who plays the game of volleyballwallopera winner by a wide marginwinger(sports) player in wing position
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a person who dissents from some established policysynonyms: dissenter, dissentient, dissident, objector, protestertypes:political dissidenta dissenter from political orthodoxyNIMBYsomeone who objects to siting something in their own neighborhood but does not object to it being sited elsewhere; an acronym for not in my backyardbohemiana nonconformist writer or artist who lives an unconventional lifeenfant terriblea person whose unconventional behavior embarrasses othersheretica person who holds unorthodox opinions in any field (not merely religion)
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