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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person willing to enter contest |
| Synonyms: | adversary, antagonist, challenger, competition, contestant, corival, dark horse, emulator, favorite, opponent, opposition, rival |
| Main Entry: | antagonist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person causing problem |
| Synonyms: | adversary, angries, bad person, bandit*, competitor, contender, crip, enemy, foe, match, opponent, opposer, opposite number, oppugnant, rival |
| Notes: | protagonist is Greek for 'first (important) actor' or 'first struggler' and by extension is used for a person who drives the action in a situation or is the main character in a literary work; the protagonist is the hero or heroine and an antagonist is his/her principal opponent |
| Antonyms: | ally, protagonist, supporter |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | aspirant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person with wish, dream |
| Synonyms: | applicant, candidate, competitor, contestant, hopeful, postulant, striver, wannabe |
| Main Entry: | athlete |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person involved in sports |
| Synonyms: | amateur, animal, challenger, competitor, contender, contestant, games player, gorilla, iron person, jock, jockey, muscle person, player, professional, shoulders, sport, sportsperson, superjock |
| Main Entry: | bête noire |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disliked person |
| Synonyms: | adversary, anathema, antagonist, bad news, bad news, bane, bitter enemy, bugbear, competitor, curse, devil, enemy, foe, opponent, pet hate, plague, rival, trouble |
| Main Entry: | candidate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person desiring political office, job |
| Synonyms: | applicant, aspirant, bidder, claimant, competitor, contender, contestant, dark horse, entrant, favorite son, handshaker, hopeful*, job-hunter, nominee, office-seeker, petitioner, possibility, possible choice, pothunter, runner, seeker, solicitant, stumper, successor, suitor, whistle-stopper, write-in |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | enemy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | someone hated or competed against |
| Synonyms: | adversary, agent, antagonist, archenemy, asperser, assailant, assassin, attacker, backbiter, bad person, bandit, betrayer, calumniator, competitor, contender, criminal, defamer, defiler, detractor, disputant, emulator, falsifier, fifth column, foe, guerrilla, informer, inquisitor, invader, murderer, opponent, opposition, other side, prosecutor, rebel, revolutionary, rival, saboteur, seditionist, slanderer, spy, terrorist, traducer, traitor, vilifier, villain |
| Antonyms: | aide, ally, assistant, confidante, friend, helper |
| Main Entry: | entrant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person entering competition, starting new activity |
| Synonyms: | aspirant, beginner, candidate, competitor, contestant, convert, entry, incomer, initiate, neophyte, new member, newcomer, novice, participant, petitioner, player, probationer, rival, solicitor, tenderfoot |
| Antonyms: | fan, spectator |
| Main Entry: | entry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person participating in competition; effort |
| Synonyms: | attempt, candidate, competitor, contestant, entrant, participant, player, submission |
| Antonyms: | fan, spectator |
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