Synonyms for Contender:

• n.

  •
  • field,
  • conflict,
  • the competition,
  • entrant.
  •antagonist (noun)
  • opposite numbers,
  • bad people,
  • oppugnants,
  • bad persons.
  •athlete (noun)
  • Gorillas,
  • muscle person,
  • sportspersons,
  • games player,
  • superjock,
  • sportspeople,
  • gorilla,
  • iron person,
  • sportsperson.
  •candidate (noun)
  • officeseeker,
  • favorite sons,
  • jobhunters,
  • whistlestoppers,
  • office-seekers,
  • writein,
  • officeseekers,
  • office seekers,
  • handshakers,
  • solicitants,
  • possible choices,
  • jobhunter,
  • job-hunters,
  • write ins,
  • job hunter,
  • whistle-stoppers,
  • whistlestopper,
  • writeins,
  • whistle stoppers,
  • job hunters,
  • write-ins,
  • whistle stopper.
  •challenger (noun)
  • Disputer,
  • Darer,
  • darers,
  • Defier,
  • disputers.
  •combatant (noun)
  • serviceman,
  • battler,
  • warrior,
  • gladiator,
  • battlers,
  • servicemen,
  • belligerents.
  •competition (noun)
  • competition.
  •competitor (noun)
  • adversary.
  •contestant (noun)
  • team members.
  •enemy (noun)
  • Calumniator,
  • traducers,
  • Enemies,
  • emulators,
  • backbiters,
  • arch-enemy,
  • emulator,
  • revolutionaries,
  • Asperser,
  • seditionist,
  • defamer,
  • prosecutor,
  • defamers,
  • slanderers,
  • saboteur,
  • vilifier,
  • defilers,
  • defiler,
  • slanderer,
  • seditionists,
  • backbiter,
  • prosecutors,
  • saboteurs,
  • other side,
  • invaders,
  • traducer.
  •fighter (noun)
  • person-at-arm,
  • person at arm,
  • servicepersons,
  • person at arms.
  •odds-on-favorite (noun)
  • first choices,
  • best bets,
  • odds on favorite,
  • chalk horses,
  • public choices,
  • top seeds,
  • top horses.
  •Other relevant words: (noun)
  • duelists,
  • candidate,
  • scrapper,
  • chalk horse,
  • opposite number,
  • contester,
  • rival,
  • bidders,
  • stickler,
  • nominee,
  • team member,
  • challenger,
  • tankers,
  • warlords,
  • office seeker,
  • heavies,
  • write in,
  • handshaker,
  • best bet,
  • tanker,
  • sluggers,
  • warlord,
  • slugger,
  • frontrunner,
  • bruisers,
  • bad person,
  • duelist,
  • athlete,
  • top seed,
  • pothunters,
  • Jouster,
  • fighter,
  • disputants,
  • odds-on-favorite,
  • office-seeker,
  • contesters,
  • hagglers,
  • prize fighter,
  • bruiser,
  • job-hunter,
  • jousters,
  • favorite son,
  • brawler,
  • stumper,
  • brawlers,
  • public choice,
  • GIS,
  • whistle-stopper,
  • servicepeople,
  • stumpers,
  • Mercenaries,
  • pugilist,
  • Solicitant,
  • first choice,
  • hopefuls,
  • person-at-arms,
  • write-in,
  • Oppugnant,
  • antagonist,
  • participant,
  • bidder,
  • angries,
  • haggler,
  • serviceperson,
  • disputant,
  • possible choice,
  • combatant,
  • top horse,
  • contestant,
  • higglers,
  • enemy,
  • Higgler,
  • pothunter,
  • CRIPS,
  • scrappers,
  • CRIP.
  •pugilist (noun)
  • prize fighters.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • opponent,
  • pushover,
  • opposition,
  • favorite,
  • runner-up,
  • Corrival,
  • olympian,
  • all-comers,
  • nomination,
  • underdog,
  • hopeful,
  • favourite,
  • teammate,
  • loser,
  • shoo-in,
  • hot favorite.
  •
  • qualifier,
  • outsider,
  • starter,
  • protagonist.
  •competitor
  • competitor.
  •obstructor
  • resister.
  •Other relevant words:
  • hector,
  • clamber,
  • dough,
  • big cat,
  • suggester,
  • female monarch,
  • run,
  • supervisory program,
  • computerized tomography,
  • scrap,
  • scrub,
  • fledgling,
  • spew,
  • anticipative,
  • nance,
  • ingress,
  • poof,
  • pet,
  • fence,
  • argument,
  • ledger entry,
  • scratching,
  • elusive,
  • mover,
  • rough in,
  • with child,
  • difference of opinion,
  • public prosecutor,
  • nonstarter,
  • moolah,
  • crude,
  • cannonball along,
  • pugnacious,
  • contractor,
  • incoming,
  • battleground,
  • business leader,
  • gorilla gorilla,
  • difference,
  • scribble,
  • area,
  • wannabe,
  • allocator,
  • clams,
  • disputation,
  • subject field,
  • shaft,
  • poser,
  • incision,
  • fret,
  • offset,
  • qat,
  • field of operation,
  • best-loved,
  • asserter,
  • hasten,
  • bargainer,
  • avower,
  • batter,
  • uncut,
  • male monarch,
  • deal,
  • unveiling,
  • knotty,
  • sport,
  • big businessman,
  • khat,
  • partaker,
  • grapple,
  • come up,
  • freshman,
  • wishful thinker,
  • dirt bike,
  • wash,
  • guy,
  • moon-curser,
  • animal trainer,
  • ace,
  • quarrel,
  • roughly,
  • role player,
  • devotee,
  • anticipant,
  • level,
  • computerized axial tomography,
  • majestic,
  • ballyrag,
  • vomit up,
  • appetizer,
  • daredevil,
  • fagot,
  • sick,
  • newbie,
  • whiz,
  • wizard,
  • domain,
  • expectation,
  • bad,
  • peachy,
  • entrance,
  • orbit,
  • contravene,
  • scuffle,
  • rugged,
  • fairy,
  • force field,
  • hotfoot,
  • ct,
  • man,
  • faggot,
  • wishful,
  • fray,
  • trail bike,
  • roughneck,
  • hell-rooster,
  • bailiwick,
  • lolly,
  • prognosis,
  • ducky,
  • paladin,
  • entree,
  • booster,
  • gravid,
  • cheat,
  • turn,
  • scene,
  • jolty,
  • aspirer,
  • toughened,
  • grappling hook,
  • hearty,
  • duck soup,
  • neophyte,
  • get by,
  • smashing,
  • match,
  • caterpillar,
  • hell-kite,
  • introduction,
  • tough guy,
  • prizewinning,
  • aper,
  • lettuce,
  • strike,
  • bagger,
  • slipstream,
  • executive program,
  • lunatic,
  • dreamer,
  • computed tomography,
  • foeman,
  • objector,
  • nifty,
  • starting motor,
  • debut,
  • chouse,
  • thwarter,
  • lummox,
  • snap,
  • armed combat,
  • argue,
  • dueller,
  • ruffianly,
  • controversy,
  • screw,
  • swell,
  • harum-scarum,
  • batsman,
  • hie,
  • rocky,
  • exhaust hood,
  • excise,
  • write-in candidate,
  • plain,
  • matman,
  • oil tanker,
  • entering,
  • scamper,
  • problematical,
  • foursquare,
  • prosecuting officer,
  • queen mole rat,
  • clod,
  • grappling iron,
  • squarely,
  • warring,
  • baffling,
  • chicane,
  • grating,
  • scurry,
  • flying field,
  • cacography,
  • power,
  • run afoul,
  • touch,
  • engagement,
  • line of business,
  • punk,
  • opposing,
  • pansy,
  • fledgeling,
  • private-enterprise,
  • sputter,
  • spue,
  • deary,
  • contender,
  • theatre,
  • cancel,
  • racing car,
  • corking,
  • applicator,
  • searcher,
  • adept,
  • sod,
  • playing area,
  • scrape,
  • regorge,
  • honk,
  • arena,
  • upchuck,
  • dub,
  • enceinte,
  • raucous,
  • tank ship,
  • top executive,
  • speed,
  • excoriation,
  • contravention,
  • lame,
  • asseverator,
  • bedding plant,
  • dissident,
  • maligner,
  • sensation,
  • boss around,
  • managing director,
  • athletic field,
  • dandy,
  • manage,
  • poove,
  • surpassing,
  • military man,
  • groovy,
  • oaf,
  • solid,
  • jockstrap,
  • imitator,
  • defend,
  • obstructionist,
  • loot,
  • war-ridden,
  • starter motor,
  • second power,
  • race car,
  • neat,
  • simoleons,
  • backwash,
  • hawkish,
  • binge,
  • arguing,
  • newcomer,
  • sphere,
  • scratchy,
  • madcap,
  • lubber,
  • shin,
  • airfield,
  • wrecker,
  • oppositeness,
  • lout,
  • hotshot,
  • cowl,
  • exceeding,
  • samson,
  • fierce,
  • debate,
  • slit,
  • computed axial tomography,
  • bullyrag,
  • thespian,
  • stumblebum,
  • pug-dog,
  • purge,
  • pelt along,
  • shekels,
  • nominating address,
  • repugn,
  • darling,
  • bull,
  • satisfying,
  • musician,
  • regurgitate,
  • mark,
  • obstructor,
  • controversialist,
  • duellist,
  • round,
  • cap,
  • quester,
  • prick,
  • raspy,
  • postulate,
  • polluter,
  • medical prognosis,
  • launching,
  • genius,
  • gainsay,
  • field of honor,
  • jumble,
  • disgorge,
  • call off,
  • discipline,
  • fighter aircraft,
  • theater of operations,
  • coach,
  • accounting entry,
  • grade,
  • sustainer,
  • first appearance,
  • index number,
  • indicant,
  • blowout,
  • gelt,
  • free-enterprise,
  • mate,
  • star,
  • argufy,
  • prodigious,
  • jolting,
  • aspect,
  • friend,
  • maven,
  • wampum,
  • dinero,
  • tilt,
  • throw together,
  • leaf blade,
  • warlike,
  • vomit,
  • scrape up,
  • athletic supporter,
  • tier up,
  • straight,
  • theatre of operations,
  • grapnel,
  • square toes,
  • rub,
  • not bad,
  • lucre,
  • field of force,
  • promising,
  • bust,
  • bonnet,
  • unsmooth,
  • olympic,
  • field of study,
  • agonist,
  • barf,
  • instrumentalist,
  • be sick,
  • kale,
  • aspiring,
  • assassinator,
  • walkover,
  • rasping,
  • blue runner,
  • bucket along,
  • rush,
  • queer,
  • grave,
  • study,
  • preferred,
  • resistance,
  • dent,
  • yobo,
  • monger,
  • approximate,
  • dealer,
  • old,
  • make do,
  • base runner,
  • rush along,
  • push around,
  • cat-o'-nine-tails,
  • bright,
  • field of view,
  • scratch up,
  • public square,
  • activist,
  • oiler,
  • superstar,
  • expunge,
  • preferent,
  • outlook,
  • fan,
  • tear,
  • steel,
  • struggle,
  • puke,
  • baron,
  • vie,
  • sturdy,
  • favored,
  • make out,
  • gravelly,
  • chafe,
  • starting line,
  • harsh,
  • queen regnant,
  • champaign,
  • moon curser,
  • hero,
  • director,
  • dissenter,
  • entranceway,
  • bread,
  • scar,
  • magnate,
  • prof,
  • dispatcher,
  • pelf,
  • browbeat,
  • walkaway,
  • fifth columnist,
  • also-ran,
  • throw up,
  • mavin,
  • ape,
  • failure,
  • large,
  • runaway,
  • true cat,
  • engrave,
  • infringe,
  • laugher,
  • cowling,
  • child's play,
  • ball carrier,
  • heavy,
  • appetiser,
  • vane,
  • swagger,
  • suspensor,
  • cast,
  • attack aircraft,
  • view,
  • landing field,
  • modifier,
  • whizz,
  • shinny,
  • distributer,
  • libeler,
  • chance,
  • square up,
  • skin,
  • step on it,
  • admirer,
  • fight,
  • cinch,
  • slap-up,
  • romp,
  • contrabandist,
  • cope,
  • airstream,
  • obstructer,
  • great,
  • stolon,
  • inscribe,
  • brand,
  • opposite,
  • cabbage,
  • picnic,
  • theater,
  • exceptional,
  • tank driver,
  • dearie,
  • cracking,
  • dueler,
  • itch,
  • wiz,
  • strapper,
  • upholder,
  • mogul,
  • lens hood,
  • rough out,
  • unsuccessful person,
  • field of operations,
  • electrical distributor,
  • raceway,
  • breeze,
  • iceman,
  • playing field,
  • hard,
  • entryway,
  • supporter,
  • subject,
  • vis-a-vis,
  • buff,
  • foreigner,
  • boisterous,
  • lump,
  • take exception,
  • subject area,
  • big,
  • piece of cake,
  • fighting,
  • diversionist,
  • belt along,
  • competitory,
  • compete,
  • demonstrator,
  • arriver,
  • aggressive,
  • jumpy,
  • military personnel,
  • prosecuting attorney,
  • start,
  • bang-up,
  • smuggler,
  • retch,
  • sugar,
  • problematic,
  • pouf,
  • slogger,
  • fag,
  • bozo,
  • martin luther king jr.,
  • vista,
  • yob,
  • gawk,
  • tycoon,
  • submission,
  • counterpart,
  • scrawl,
  • hombre,
  • toughie,
  • nominating speech,
  • arrival,
  • straightforward,
  • abrasion,
  • bumpy,
  • wannabee,
  • virtuoso,
  • copycat,
  • packer,
  • crank,
  • approximative,
  • panorama,
  • equal,
  • race driver,
  • feather,
  • scratch line,
  • scraping,
  • hothead,
  • hitter,
  • altercate,
  • sticker,
  • battlefield,
  • chuck,
  • horse wrangler,
  • horse,
  • automobile driver,
  • confrontation,
  • index,
  • chomp,
  • contestation,
  • chicken feed,
  • actor,
  • beat,
  • keen,
  • riley b king,
  • subspecies,
  • strong-arm,
  • tabby,
  • music director,
  • yobbo,
  • field of battle,
  • substantial.
  •Other relevant words (noun):
  • knight,
  • quarreller,
  • applier,
  • champion,
  • escapist,
  • strong-armer,
  • rowdy,
  • waller,
  • player,
  • swordsman,
  • claimant,
  • prizefighter,
  • bangor,
  • runner,
  • belted knight,
  • manager,
  • debater,
  • racer,
  • champ,
  • swashbuckler,
  • rivalry,
  • bedder,
  • militant,
  • struggler,
  • Recognizer,
  • sportswoman,
  • expectant,
  • gamecock,
  • bully,
  • trader,
  • distributor,
  • supervisor,
  • battle,
  • belligerent,
  • bout,
  • jock,
  • grappler,
  • foe,
  • issuer,
  • prospect,
  • wrangler,
  • ruffian,
  • Swordplayer,
  • streetfighter,
  • maintainer,
  • sharer,
  • boxer,
  • EFFER,
  • applicant,
  • proposer,
  • weigher,
  • hood,
  • arguer,
  • rough,
  • king,
  • indicator,
  • comer,
  • sword,
  • Discusser,
  • pug,
  • CARER,
  • campaigner,
  • Claimer,
  • blade,
  • Allotter,
  • Gripper,
  • Propounder,
  • humper,
  • conductor,
  • opposer,
  • dispute,
  • Scuffler,
  • wrestler,
  • Bickerer,
  • Addresser,
  • recogniser,
  • lover,
  • tough,
  • plug-ugly,
  • fencer,
  • handler,
  • professor,
  • hoodlum,
  • combat,
  • bullyboy,
  • Assertor,
  • Combater,
  • quarreler,
  • sportsman,
  • necker,
  • Squabbler,
  • COPER,
  • Broacher,
  • hooligan,
  • completer,
  • seeker,
  • dispenser,
  • affirmer,
  • rioter,
  • tilter,
  • enforcer,
  • protester,
  • scrambler,
  • goon,
  • finalist,
  • contest,
  • fucker,
  • vier,
  • contention,
  • hatchet man,
  • thug,
  • declarer,
  • Distinguisher,
  • bravo,
  • aspirant.

Paraphrases for Contender:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    competitor, challenger.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    opponent, applicant.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    candidate, rival, contestant, nominee, favorite, favourite.

Antonyms for Contender:

• n.

  • competitor
    associate, helper, ally.
  • Other antonyms:
    incumbent, inductee, dropout, noncandidate, officeholder, honoree.

Homophones for Contender:

• common denominator, centimeter, condemnatory, centimetre.