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challenger
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As a noun, challenger means one who challenges.
Meanings of challenger
2 meaningsnoun
One who challenges; especially, one who plays against the current champion of a game or contest in hopes of winning and becoming the new champion.
“The champion hopes to defeat his new challenger in the game to remain undefeated.”
“One child stood as king of the hill, and tried to withstand the pushes and shoves of his challengers.”
The contestant you hope to defeatperson
“he had respect for his rivals”
“he wanted to know what the competition was doing”
Similar: rival, competitor, competition, contender
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).
Synonyms by meaning
noun: the contestant you hope to defeat
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