'Contender' definitions:
Definition of 'contender'
From: WordNet
noun
The contestant you hope to defeat; "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing" [syn: rival, challenger, competitor, competition, contender]
Definition of 'Contender'
From: GCIDE
- Contender \Con*tend"er\, n. One who contends; a contestant. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'contender'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- battler,
- belligerent,
- belted knight,
- bickerer,
- blade,
- bravo,
- brawler,
- bully,
- bullyboy,
- combatant,
- competitor,
- contestant,
- corrival,
- disputant,
- duelist,
- emulator,
- enforcer,
- entrant,
- fencer,
- feuder,
- fighter,
- fighting cock,
- foilsman,
- gamecock,
- gladiator,
- goon,
- gorilla,
- hatchet man,
- hood,
- hoodlum,
- hooligan,
- jouster,
- knight,
- militant,
- player,
- plug-ugly,
- quarreler,
- rioter,
- rival,
- rough,
- rowdy,
- ruffian,
- sabreur,
- scrapper,
- scuffler,
- squabbler,
- strong arm,
- strong-arm man,
- strong-armer,
- struggler,
- swashbuckler,
- sword,
- swordplayer,
- swordsman,
- the field,
- thug,
- tilter,
- tough,
- tussler,
- vier,
- wrangler