English noun: challenger | |||
| 1. | challenger (person) the contestant you hope to defeat | ||
| Samples | He had respect for his rivals. He wanted to know what the competition was doing. | ||
| Synonyms | competition, competitor, contender, rival | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | contestant | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | champ, champion, comer, enemy, favorite, favourite, finalist, foe, front-runner, king, queen, runner-up, scratch, second best, semifinalist, street fighter, tier, tilter, title-holder, world-beater | ||