English noun: champion |
1. | champion (person) someone who has won first place in a competition |
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| Synonyms | champ, title-holder |
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| Broader (hypernym) | challenger, competition, competitor, contender, rival |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | record-breaker, record-holder |
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2. | champion (person) someone who fights for a cause |
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| Synonyms | fighter, hero, paladin |
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| Broader (hypernym) | defender, guardian, protector, shielder |
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3. | champion (person) a person who backs a politician or a team etc. |
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| Samples | All their supporters came out for the game. They are friends of the library.
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| Synonyms | admirer, booster, friend, protagonist, supporter |
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| Broader (hypernym) | advocate, advocator, exponent, proponent |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | anglophil, anglophile, believer, Boswell, cheerleader, Confederate, corporatist, endorser, enthusiast, Francophil, Francophile, free trader, functionalist, Graecophile, indorser, Jacobite, loyalist, mainstay, maintainer, New Dealer, partisan, partizan, philhellene, philhellenist, pillar, ratifier, Roundhead, seconder, Shavian, stalwart, subscriber, sustainer, sympathiser, sympathizer, toaster, truster, upholder, verifier, voucher, wassailer, well-wisher, Whig |
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4. | champion (person) someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field |
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| Synonyms | ace, adept, genius, hotshot, maven, mavin, sensation, star, superstar, virtuoso, whiz, whizz, wiz, wizard |
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| Broader (hypernym) | expert |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | track star |
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