contender

1. The contestant you hope to defeat (synset 110552570)
   "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing"
   is a type of: contestant - a person who participates in competitions
   subtypes:

   • champ, champion, title-holder - someone who has won first place in a competition
   • comer - someone with a promising future
   • finalist - a contestant who reaches the final stages of a competition
   • enemy, foe - a personal enemy
   • favorite, favourite, front-runner - a competitor thought likely to win
   • king, queen, world-beater - a competitor who holds a preeminent position
   • runner-up, second best - the competitor who finishes second
   • scratch - a competitor who has withdrawn from competition
   • semifinalist - one of four competitors remaining in a tournament by elimination
   • street fighter - a contestant who is very aggressive and willing to use underhand methods
   • tier - any one of two or more competitors who tie one another
   • tilter - someone who engages in a tilt or joust
   same as: challenger, competition, competitor, rival

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