winner
Syllables: win·ner/ˈwɪnə//ˈwɪnɚ/
winner noun: one who has won or often wins.
Noun
winner (plural winners)
- One who has won or often wins.
- Of all the queer collections of humans outside of a crazy asylum, it seemed to me this sanitarium was the cup winner. […] When you're well enough off so's you don't have to fret about anything but your heft or your diseases you begin to get queer, I suppose.1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter V, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC
- Remember Rappin' Duke? Duh-ha, duh-ha
You never thought that hip-hop would take it this far
Now I'm in the limelight 'cause I rhyme tight
Time to get paid, blow up like the World Trade
Born sinner, the opposite of a winner
Remember when I used to eat sardines for dinner1994, 0:41 from the start, in Juicy (Hip Hop), spoken by The Notorious B.I.G.
- A point or goal that wins a competition.
- It was a fitting scoreline on the club's landmark anniversary, and appropriate that Van Persie should get the winner.2011 December 10, David Ornstein, “Arsenal 1-0 Everton”, in BBC Sport
Proper noun capitalized: Winner
Winner
- A surname.
- Michael Winner directed the 1974 action film "Death Wish".
- A ghost town in Minnesota.
- A city, the county seat of Tripp County, South Dakota.
winner meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
winner in Hindi
- one who has won or often wins
- विजयी vijyī, विजेता vijetā, ग़ालिब ġālib
winner in Tamil
- வெற்றி பெற்றவர்
winner in Marathi
- विजेता
winner in Urdu
- one who has won or often wins
- فاتِح fātih, فائِض fāiz, غالِب ġālib
More languagesFewer languages
- winner in Bengali
- বিজয়ী bijoẏi, গালিব galibo
- winner in Telugu
- గెలిచేవాడు gelicēvāḍu
- winner in Malayalam
- വിജയി, ജയിച്ചവൻ, ജേതാവ്
- winner in Kannada
- ಗೆಲುಗಯ್ಯ, ಗೆಲ್ಲಕಾರ, ಗೆಲ್ಲಗೈಯ, ಗೆಲ್ಲಾಳ್
- winner in Punjabi
- ਜੇਤੂ, ਜੇਤੂ ਰਿਹਾ
- winner in Gujarati
- વિજેતા vijetā
- winner in Odia
- ବିଜଯ଼ୀ, ବିଜେତା
- winner in Sanskrit
- दानु dā́nu
- winner in Sinhala
- ජයග්රාහකයා jayagrāhakayā
- winner in Nepali
- विजेता
- winner in Pashto
- غالب ǧāleb, فاتح fāteh
- winner in Tagalog
- panalo
- winner in Arabic
- فَائِز fāʔiz, فَائِزَة fāʔiza, غَالِب ḡālib, غَالِبَة ḡāliba
- winner in Malay
- pemenang
- winner in Indonesian
- pemenang
- winner in Thai
- ผู้ชนะ pûu-chá-ná
- winner in Vietnamese
- người chiến thắng
- winner in Myanmar
- အနိုင်ရသူ a.nuing-ra.su, နိုင်သူ nuingsu
Examples of winner in a sentence
- The World Cup is awarded to the winner of a quadrennial football tournament.
- I felt a frisson just as they were about to announce the winner in my category.
- The winner with 53% had a 6% majority over the loser with 47%.
Antonyms of winner
Forms of winner
| plural | winners |
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Origin of winner
Inherited from Middle English wynner, wynnere, equivalent to win + -er. Compare Saterland Frisian Winner (“winner”), West Frisian winner (“winner”), Dutch winner and winnaar (“winner”), German Low German Winner, Gewinner (“winner”), German Gewinner (“winner”), Danish vinder (“winner”), Swedish vinnare (“winner”), Norwegian vinner (“winner”).
Words formed from winner
Phrases with winner
Words that rhyme with winner
Questions about winner
- What does winner mean?
- Winner means one who has won or often wins.
- What is winner in Hindi?
- Winner in Hindi is विजयी (vijyī), विजेता (vijetā), ग़ालिब (ġālib). See Winner meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is winner?
- Winner can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce winner?
- Winner is pronounced /ˈwɪnə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of winner?
- The plural of winner is winners.
Words near winner in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: winner (page history and authors); Winner (page history and authors); winner (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); winner (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); గెలిచేవాడు (Telugu) (page history and authors); winner (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); winner (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); winner (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); વિજેતા (Gujarati) (page history and authors); winner (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); winner (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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