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front-runner

front-runner is the alternative form of front runner.

Meaning of front runner

Noun

front runner (plural front runners)

  1. (idiomatic) One who is the most likely winner in a contest, election, etc.
    • [T]he American League pennant did not shape up as much of a race. There were the Indians and the Yankees, front runners as usual.1955 May 9, “Sport: First-Division Tigers”, in Time
  2. One who engages in front running.

Forms of front-runner

pluralfront-runners

Questions about front-runner

What is front-runner the alternative form of?
Front-runner is the alternative form of front runner.

Words near front-runner in the dictionary

  1. front-ran
  2. front-room
  3. front-rower
  4. front-rowers
  5. front-run
  6. front-runner
  7. front-runner-itis
  8. front-runneritis
  9. front-runners
  10. front-running
  11. front-runs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: front-runner (page history and authors); front runner (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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