CHALLENGER
Dictionary entry overview: What does challenger mean?
• CHALLENGER (noun)
The noun CHALLENGER has 1 sense:
1. the contestant you hope to defeat
Familiarity information: CHALLENGER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CHALLENGER (noun)
Meaning:
The contestant you hope to defeat
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
challenger; competitor; contender; rival; competition
Context examples:
he had respect for his rivals / he wanted to know what the competition was doing
Hypernyms ("challenger" is a kind of...):
contestant (a person who participates in competitions)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "challenger"):
champ; champion; title-holder (someone who has won first place in a competition)
tier (any one of two or more competitors who tie one another)
street fighter (a contestant who is very aggressive and willing to use underhand methods)
semifinalist (one of four competitors remaining in a tournament by elimination)
runner-up; second best (the competitor who finishes second)
king; queen; world-beater (a competitor who holds a preeminent position)
favorite; favourite; front-runner (a competitor thought likely to win)
enemy; foe (a personal enemy)
finalist (a contestant who reaches the final stages of a competition)
comer (someone with a promising future)
tilter (someone who engages in a tilt or joust)
