contender
I
noun
adversary, adverse party, antagonist, appellant, applicant, arguer, aspirant, campaigner, candidate, challenger, charger, claimant, combatant, competitor, complainant, contestant, contester, controversialist, corrival, debater, denouncer, disputant, entrant, examinee, feuder, fighter, foe, libelant, litigant, litigator, nominee, office-seeker, opponent, opposer, opposition, oppositionist, party, party to a suit, petitioner, polemist, the prosecution, pugilist, respondent, rival, striver, suitor
II
index
adversary, aggressor, appellant, candidate, contestant, disputant, foe, litigant, opponent, party (litigant), peer, rival
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006