noun
the contestant you hope to defeat
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he had respect for his rivals
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he wanted to know what the competition was doing
• Syn: ↑rival, ↑challenger, ↑competitor, ↑competition
• Derivationally related forms: ↑contend, ↑compete (for: ↑competitor), ↑challenge (for: ↑challenger), ↑rivalrous (for: ↑rival), ↑rival (for: ↑rival)
• Hypernyms: ↑contestant
• Hyponyms:
↑champion, ↑champ, ↑title-holder, ↑comer, ↑finalist, ↑foe, ↑enemy, ↑front-runner, ↑favorite, ↑favourite, ↑king, ↑queen, ↑world-beater, ↑runner-up, ↑second best, ↑scratch, ↑semifinalist, ↑street fighter, ↑tier, ↑tilter
Useful english dictionary. 2012.