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- Dictionarycon·tend·er/kənˈtendər/
noun
- 1. a person or group competing with others to achieve something: "a presidential contender"
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A contender is someone who contends, especially for a championship or high honor. Learn more about the word history, synonyms, examples, and usage of contender from Merriam-Webster dictionary.
A contender is someone who competes with other people to try to win something or to achieve a position of leadership. Learn more about the word, its synonyms, and how to use it in sentences from the Cambridge Dictionary.
Baseball players, boxers, politicians: each is a contender in that they compete or campaign to win something. Contender has a slightly different meaning than competitor, often implying a more vigorous, even scrappier, sense of taking on every unexpected challenge.
Contender definition: a person or group that competes against others to win something; contestant. See examples of CONTENDER used in a sentence.
A contender is someone who competes or struggles in opposition or against difficulties. Find the meaning, synonyms, and translations of contender in different languages, such as Spanish, French, German, and Italian.
A contender is someone who competes with other people to try to win something or to achieve a position of leadership. Learn more about the word, its synonyms and usage in different contexts from the Cambridge Dictionary.
noun. /kənˈtendə (r)/ /kənˈtendər/ a person or team with a chance of winning a competition. contender (for something) a contender for a gold medal in the Olympics. a leading/serious/strong contender for the party leadership. contender to do something Germany last night emerged as a contender to stage next year's event. Extra Examples.