contestant

contestant
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. contender, competitor, competer, etc. (see contention).
II
(Roget's IV) n.
Syn. competitor, contender, participant, rival, challenger, contester, disputant, antagonist, adversary, opponent, combatant, player, entrant, member of the field, team member, candidate, scrapper*, battler*; see also opponent 1 , 2 , player 1 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
contender, competitor, combatant, opponent, rival, adversary, challenger.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun One that competes: competition, competitor, contender, corrival, opponent, rival. See CONFLICT.

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