CHAMPION
Dictionary entry overview: What does champion mean?
• CHAMPION (noun)
The noun CHAMPION has 4 senses:
1. someone who has won first place in a competition
2. someone who fights for a cause
3. a person who backs a politician or a team etc.
4. someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
Familiarity information: CHAMPION used as a noun is uncommon.
• CHAMPION (adjective)
The adjective CHAMPION has 1 sense:
1. holding first place in a contest
Familiarity information: CHAMPION used as an adjective is very rare.
• CHAMPION (verb)
The verb CHAMPION has 1 sense:
1. protect or fight for as a champion
Familiarity information: CHAMPION used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CHAMPION (noun)
Meaning:
Someone who has won first place in a competition
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
champ; champion; title-holder
Hypernyms ("champion" is a kind of...):
challenger; competition; competitor; contender; rival (the contestant you hope to defeat)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "champion"):
record-breaker; record-holder (someone who breaks a record)
Meaning:
Someone who fights for a cause
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
paladin; champion; hero; fighter
Hypernyms ("champion" is a kind of...):
defender; guardian; protector; shielder (a person who cares for persons or property)
Meaning:
A person who backs a politician or a team etc.
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
admirer; booster; supporter; protagonist; champion; friend
Context examples:
all their supporters came out for the game / they are friends of the library
Hypernyms ("champion" is a kind of...):
advocate; advocator; exponent; proponent (a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "champion"):
Graecophile; philhellene; philhellenist (an admirer of Greece and everything Greek)
mainstay; pillar (a prominent supporter)
Roundhead (a supporter of parliament and Oliver Cromwell during the English Civil War)
seconder (someone who endorses a motion or petition as a necessary preliminary to a discussion or vote)
Shavian (an admirer of G. B. Shaw or his works)
endorser; indorser; ratifier; subscriber (someone who expresses strong approval)
sympathiser; sympathizer; well-wisher (someone who shares your feelings or opinions and hopes that you will be successful)
toaster; wassailer (someone who proposes a toast; someone who drinks to the health of success of someone or some venture)
maintainer; sustainer; upholder (someone who upholds or maintains)
verifier; voucher (someone who vouches for another or for the correctness of a statement)
New Dealer (a supporter of the economic policies in the United States known as the New Deal)
loyalist; stalwart (a person who is loyal to their allegiance (especially in times of revolt))
anglophil; anglophile (an admirer of England and things English)
believer; truster (a supporter who accepts something as true)
Boswell (a devoted admirer and recorder of another's words and deeds)
cheerleader (an enthusiastic and vocal supporter)
Confederate (a supporter of the Confederate States of America)
enthusiast; partisan; partizan (an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity)
Francophil; Francophile (an admirer of France and everything French)
free trader (an advocate of unrestricted international trade)
functionalist (an adherent of functionalism)
Jacobite (a supporter of James II after he was overthrown or a supporter of the Stuarts)
Whig (a supporter of the American Revolution)
Meaning:
Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
whiz; virtuoso; superstar; whizz; mavin; maven; hotshot; wiz; wizard; adept; sensation; star; ace; genius; champion
Hypernyms ("champion" is a kind of...):
expert (a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "champion"):
track star (a star runner)
• CHAMPION (adjective)
Meaning:
Holding first place in a contest
Synonyms:
champion; prizewinning
Context examples:
a champion show dog / a prizewinning wine
Similar:
best ((superlative of 'good') having the most positive qualities)
• CHAMPION (verb)
Meaning:
Protect or fight for as a champion
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Synonyms:
champion; defend
Hypernyms (to "champion" is one way to...):
back; endorse; indorse; plump for; plunk for; support (be behind; approve of)
Sentence frames:
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