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CHALLENGER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The contestant you hope to defeat
Example:
he wanted to know what the competition was doing
Synonyms:
challenger; competition; competitor; contender; rival
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("challenger" is a kind of...):
contestant (a person who participates in competitions)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "challenger"):
champ; champion; title-holder (someone who has won first place in a competition)
comer (someone with a promising future)
finalist (a contestant who reaches the final stages of a competition)
favorite; favourite; front-runner (a competitor thought likely to win)
king; queen; world-beater (a competitor who holds a preeminent position)
runner-up; second best (the competitor who finishes second)
scratch (a competitor who has withdrawn from competition)
semifinalist (one of four competitors remaining in a tournament by elimination)
street fighter (a contestant who is very aggressive and willing to use underhand methods)
tier (any one of two or more competitors who tie one another)
tilter (someone who engages in a tilt or joust)
Derivation:
challenge (issue a challenge to)
Context examples:
Challenger and Summerlee had gone off together that day to the lake where some of the natives, under their direction, were engaged in harpooning specimens of the great lizards.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Challenger's quick brain had grasped the situation.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Challenger had turned to the king and waved his hands frantically before him.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Challenger was up the tree, and Summerlee was not fit for the effort.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Challenger had slung the camp axe over his shoulder when he ascended.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Challenger sat down upon the cut stump and groaned his impatience; but Summerlee and I were of one mind that Lord John was our leader when such practical details were in question.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Challenger's conceit is too colossal to allow him to be really annoyed.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Challenger waved him away with his great hairy hand.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Challenger levered his bulky figure slowly out of his chair.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Challenger smiled with weary and tolerant contempt, as a kindly man would meet the yapping of a litter of puppies.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
