CONTESTANT meaning: Participant competing in a competition

We found 28 dictionaries that define the word contestant:

General (24 matching dictionaries)

contestant: Merriam-Webster
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Contestant, contestant: Wordnik
contestant: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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contestant: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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contestant: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
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contestant: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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contestant: Mnemonic Dictionary
contestant: TheFreeDictionary.com
contestant: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (3 matching dictionaries)

contestant: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
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contestant: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ noun: A participant in a contest; specifically, a person who plays a game, as on a TV game show.
▸ noun: One who brings a legal challenge.

Opposite:

audience, spectator

Phrases:

becomes a contestant, beaten contestant, become a contestant, more...

Adjectives:

first, other, next, successful, only, third, second, last, winning, former, female

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