Competition
Synonyms for contender
The synonym for contender recorded in this bank is aspirant, in the sense "a person or team competing seriously for a title". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for contender
- aspirantnoun, in the sense "a person or team competing seriously for a title"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for contender.
a person or team competing seriously for a title
After a string of wins, she was suddenly seen as the top title contender.
The true synonym
aspirant
Same sentence, swapped: After a string of wins, she was suddenly seen as the top title aspirant.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- incumbent
- spectator
- mentor
Where contender turns up in the game
contender is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.
Play contender
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so contender reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because competition is the company contender keeps.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. contender carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.