contender
Syllables: con·ten·der/kənˈtɛn.dɚ/
contender noun: someone who competes with one or more other people.
Noun
contender (plural contenders)
- Someone who competes with one or more other people.
- Someone who has a viable chance of winning a competition.
- In April 2014, towards the end of Özil’s first season at Arsenal – which had been marked by highs and lows – Wenger predicted the German would be a contender for the player of the year awards in 2014‑15.2016 January 1, David Hytner, The Guardian
contender meaning in Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
contender in Urdu
- حریف, دعویدار, مقابلہ کرنے والا, لڑنے والا, جوڑ
contender in Malayalam
- contender; competitor; contestant
- മത്സരാർത്ഥി matsarāṟtthi
contender in Kannada
- ಸ್ಪರ್ಧಿ, ಪೈಪೋಟಿಗಾರ
Examples of contender in a sentence
- She beat out three other contenders to claim the prize.
- Keats’s “Ode on a Grecian Urn” is a good contender, the classic example of ekphrasis.
- Spanberger, 44, is seen as among the strongest Democratic contenders to succeed Gov.
Forms of contender
| plural | contenders |
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Origin of contender
From contend + -er.
Words formed from contender
Words that rhyme with contender
- render
- tender
- bender
- surrender
- transgender
- gender
- pretender
- defender
- descender
- engender
- ascender
- fender
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Questions about contender
- What does contender mean?
- Contender means someone who competes with one or more other people.
- What is contender in Urdu?
- Contender in Urdu is حریف, دعویدار, مقابلہ کرنے والا. See Contender meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is contender?
- Contender is a noun.
- How do you pronounce contender?
- Contender is pronounced /kənˈtɛn.dɚ/ (US).
- What is the plural of contender?
- The plural of contender is contenders.
Words near contender in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: contender (page history and authors); contender (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); മത്സരാർത്ഥി (Malayalam) (page history and authors); contender (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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